After two record-breaking years, German beer brewery Veltins saw sales decline modestly in 2023, the company reported on Thursday. Sales of Veltins beer fell by 2.3% to 3.26 million industry-standard hectolitres in 2023, according to the family-owned company, which is based in the town of Meschede in western Germany. The company said the decline was entirely in bottled beer sales. The brewery’s flagship beer, Veltins Pislner, saw sales drop by slight more at 3.7%, down to just over 2.3 million hectolitres. One hectolitre is equal to 100 litres. That decline roughly matched the overall drop in …