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A beer mix usually refers to an alcoholic beverage which includes one or more additional ingredients. Typically, the beer mix is 40-70% beer. Popular mix-ins include cola, lemon, and other fruit juices.[ citation needed ]

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Today, beer mixes are an established part of German drinking culture and are available in a wide range of flavors and varieties, including non-alcoholic versions. Though marketed primarily towards young adults, they can be enjoyed by consumers of all ages.

History

Beer mixes have been available in Germany since early 20th century. The “Radler" beer mix, which is still popular today, is seen as the pioneer of the market. The drink originated from the summer of 1922, when a Munich inn was so busy with cyclists that there was the threat of a beer shortage. In order to stretch the remaining beer supply, lemonade was added, creating the Radler. [1] Further variants followed, e.g., cola-beer and wheat beer mixes. Up until 1993, it was only permitted to sell freshly prepared beer mixes due to legal requirements. [2]

In 1995, the mid-sized German Karlsberg Brewery in Homburg (Saar) was the first brewery to use an amendment to the beer tax law which enabled the production and sale of ready-mixed beer mixes in bottles or tins. [2] [3] "MiXery Beer + Cola + X” was therefore one of the first ready-mixed cola and beer drinks. This innovation was initially met with considerable criticism from the beer industry, but the first competitors appeared on the market in 2001 and the market subsequently saw a continuous increase in sales volume.

Further variants, which differed in the type of beer they contained as base, followed. Schöfferhofer Grapefruit is a pioneer in the wheat beer mixes and was launched on the market in 2007 by the Binding Brauerei Brewery. [4]

A further variant and innovation in the beer mix market followed in 2014 with the introduction of so-called "MiXery Beer-Cocktails" by the Karlsberg Brewery. [5] These are available in the varieties Caipirinha, Mojito and Sex on the Beach. [6]

Alongside the alcoholic beer mix segment which accounts for the majority of the market, the non-alcoholic sector is also increasing; a growing number of alcohol-free beer mix products are also available.[ citation needed ]

The current leader of the German alcoholic beer mix market is still the MiXery brand with "MiXery Beer + Cola + X" followed by Krombacher Radler, Oettinger Radler, Beck’s Green Lemon, Schöfferhofer Grapefruit and MiXery Nastrov Flavour iced blue. [7] Krombacher is the non-alcoholic beer mix leader.

Top 40 beer mix brands in German retail

Descending according to turnover. [7]

AlcoholicNon-alcoholic
1. MiXery1. Krombacher
2. Oettinger2. Bitburger
3. Veltins 3. Paulaner
4. Beck's4. Gründel's
5. Krombacher5. Clausthaler
6. Schöfferhofer6. Oettinger
7. Bitburger7. Warsteiner
8. Desperados 8. Sternquell
9. Mönchshof9. Beck's
10. Warsteiner10. Karamalz
11. Sternburg 11. Fürstenberg
12. Licher 12. Tucher
13. Lausitzer13. Licher
14. MeisterbräuVeltins
15. Hacker Pschorr15. Hoepfner  [ de ]
16. Lübzer16. Welde
17. 2.5 Original17. Lübzer
18. Löschzwerg18. Pyraser
19. Berliner Kindl19. Altenauer
20. Höpfner20. Bruch
21. Hasseröder 21. Herforder
22. Cab22. Taubertaler
23. Wernesgrüner 23. Pfundstädter
24. Bibop24. Pott's
25. Hochdorfer25. Sanwald
26. Salitos26. Holsten
27. Rothaus 27. Fiege
28. Paulaner 28. Bellheimer
29. Gessner 29. Distelhäuser
30. Karlsberg 30. Feldschlösschen
31. Leikeim31. Iserlohner
32. Astra32. Valentins
33. Schlappeseppel33. Neuzeller Klosterbräu
34. Flensburger34. Huber
35. Paderborner 35. Unertl
36. Löwenbraeu36. Kirner
37. Haake Beck37. Hachenburger
38. Fiege38. Apoldär
39. Henninger 39. Hatz
40. Fürstenberg40. Fürstenberg

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  1. Cf. http://www.bierundwir.de/sorten/radler.htm Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine , Radler / Alsterwasser, 29.05.2015, 09:55 am.
  2. 1 2 Cf. http://www.brauer-bund.de/bier-ist-genuss/biersorten-im-portraet/biermischgetraenke.html, Biermischgetränke setzen junge Akzente, 29.05.2015, 10:37 am.
  3. Cf. §1 Beer tax law
  4. Cf. http://www.schoefferhofer-weizen-mix.de/?page_id=102, Kowalski, Alexander: Markenportrait Schöfferhofer-Weizenmix 2015., 15.04.2015, 13:51 pm.
  5. Cf. http://www.gudd-gess.de/regionales/regionales/article/karlsberg-bringt-mixery-beer-cocktails-auf-den-markt/, Karlsberg bringt MiXery Beer Cocktails auf den Markt, 03.06.2015, 09:37 am.
  6. Cf. http://www.mixery.de/de/mixerybeercocktail Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine , MiXery Beer-Cocktails, 03.06.2015, 09:38 am.
  7. 1 2 Cf. The Nielsen Company, 2015