Seligenstadt, Germany - Beer-flavoured ice-cream and similar novelties have failed to catch on in conservative Germany, where established flavours like vanilla and chocolate reign supreme, gelato makers said Thursday.

"Beer flavour attracted more attention from the news media than from customers," said Anna Lisa Carnio, spokeswoman for the Italian Ice-Cream Manufacturers' Association of Germany in Seligenstadt, south of Frankfurt.

"The big sellers remain the familiar ones: vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, stracciatella and yoghurt flavour," she said. But the gelato makers do not give up: novelties out this summer include the flavours carrot and chocolate-cum-chilli. (dpa)