Global beer production drops
According to the current Barth report for 2014/2015, global beer production dropped by 11.8 million hectoliters (–0.6 %) compared to 2013 (see table 1). This has been influenced by the general state of unrest around the world, the Ebola epidemic and political upheavals. To date, the only years in which world beer production fell were recorded in 1992 (–0.2 %) and 1984 (–0.4 %).