05 Dec 2018 --- Bolstered by record exports, a rise in micro-breweries and increased interest in low-alcohol products, Europe’s beer production rose to an eight-year high in 2017, according to The Brewers of Europe’s (BoE) latest report on Europe’s beer sector. Production increased by 200 million liters to 39.6 billion liters, exports reached an all-time high, with one in five beers shipped abroad and a third of that was to outside the EU.