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Do you know what I feel like today? A big slab of numbers. One that, if it were made out of concrete, could easil blugeon you into unconsciousnes.
The numbers cover part of the Gründerzeit, the dynamic period of German industrial growth after unification in 1871. The brewing industry was a willing participant in Germany's first economic miracle and as the table shows, there was an uniterrupted growth in beer production. Over the period covered production rose by 79%. Pretty impressive.
The Brausteuergebiet was basically North Germany. Everything but the Southern states of Bavaria, Baden and Württemberg plus Alsace-Lorraine.
There are some surprises in there. Principally that exports declined and imports increased. By 1900 they were almost equal. I've thought good and hard about this. Where was that beer coming from? My guess is Austria. More specifically, from Bohemia, in the form if Pilsner. It certsainly wasn't French or Belgian beer.
Consumption per head at around 100 litres is remarkably similar to today. In 2006, per capita consumption was 116 litres*.
So I could see the trends more easily I've also created a tble showing the production of the different regions in percentage terms. You can seee that the trend was fro a greater proportion to be be brewed in the Brausteuergebiet and less everywhere else, apart from Baden.
German Beer Production in %
1881/1882
1885/86
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
Brausteuergebiet
52.49%
55.51%
58.84%
59.07%
58.28%
59.57%
59.10%
59.93%
60.00%
60.19%
59.95%
59.92%
Bayern
32.26%
31.78%
28.90%
28.83%
29.16%
28.60%
29.03%
27.98%
27.86%
27.11%
27.20%
27.03%
Baden
3.15%
3.12%
3.36%
3.27%
3.31%
3.26%
3.30%
3.34%
3.77%
4.38%
4.59%
4.72%
Württemberg
9.26%
7.23%
7.03%
6.87%
7.24%
6.62%
6.68%
6.78%
6.53%
6.54%
6.34%
6.29%
Alsace-Lorraine
2.54%
1.74%
1.68%
1.74%
1.76%
1.73%
1.66%
1.74%
1.61%
1.54%
1.65%
1.72%
Source:
Jahrbuch der Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin, 1911, p.585-589
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German Beer Production, Beer Imports, Beer Exports and Beer Consumption (hl)
1881/1882
1885/86
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
Deutsches Zollgebiet
36,663,000
39,822,000
49,925,000
50,268,000
51,795,000
52,528,000
52,311,000
57,299,000
58,169,000
62,649,000
64,164,000
65,621,000
Brausteuergebiet
19,244,000
22,105,000
29,374,000
29,695,000
30,186,000
31,290,000
30,916,000
34,337,000
34,904,000
37,707,000
38,465,000
39,320,000
Bayern
11,826,000
12,655,000
14,427,000
14,490,000
15,104,000
15,025,000
15,186,000
16,034,000
16,206,000
16,982,000
17,455,000
17,739,000
Baden
1,155,000
1,244,000
1,679,000
1,643,000
1,714,000
1,710,000
1,728,000
1,914,000
2,192,000
2,741,000
2,947,000
3,095,000
Württemberg
3,396,000
2,879,000
3,508,000
3,454,000
3,749,000
3,478,000
3,493,000
3,885,000
3,796,000
4,100,000
4,069,000
4,128,000
Alsace-Lorraine
932,000
691,000
837,000
875,000
912,000
907,000
869,000
997,000
937,000
964,000
1,058,000
1,128,000
Exports
890,000
1,249,000
626,000
612,000
577,000
590,000
576,000
647,000
664,000
648,000
625,000
682,000
Imports
101,000
111,000
229,000
283,000
353,000
428,000
465,000
547,000
561,000
576,000
568,000
631,000
Consumption
35,874,000
38,684,000
49,528,000
49,939,000
51,571,000
52,366,000
52,200,000
57,199,000
58,066,000
62,577,000
64,107,000
65,569,000
Consumption per head
99.9
97.7
101.9
102.5
100.9
109.2
109.2
116.1
117.1
117.9
Source:
Jahrbuch der Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin, 1911, p.585-589
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Do you know what I feel like today? A big slab of numbers. One that, if it were made out of concrete, could easil blugeon you into unconsciousnes.
The numbers cover part of the Gründerzeit, the dynamic period of German industrial growth after unification in 1871. The brewing industry was a willing participant in Germany's first economic miracle and as the table shows, there was an uniterrupted growth in beer production. Over the period covered production rose by 79%. Pretty impressive.
The Brausteuergebiet was basically North Germany. Everything but the Southern states of Bavaria, Baden and Württemberg plus Alsace-Lorraine.
There are some surprises in there. Principally that exports declined and imports increased. By 1900 they were almost equal. I've thought good and hard about this. Where was that beer coming from? My guess is Austria. More specifically, from Bohemia, in the form if Pilsner. It certsainly wasn't French or Belgian beer.
Consumption per head at around 100 litres is remarkably similar to today. In 2006, per capita consumption was 116 litres*.
So I could see the trends more easily I've also created a tble showing the production of the different regions in percentage terms. You can seee that the trend was fro a greater proportion to be be brewed in the Brausteuergebiet and less everywhere else, apart from Baden.
German Beer Production in %
1881/1882
1885/86
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
Brausteuergebiet
52.49%
55.51%
58.84%
59.07%
58.28%
59.57%
59.10%
59.93%
60.00%
60.19%
59.95%
59.92%
Bayern
32.26%
31.78%
28.90%
28.83%
29.16%
28.60%
29.03%
27.98%
27.86%
27.11%
27.20%
27.03%
Baden
3.15%
3.12%
3.36%
3.27%
3.31%
3.26%
3.30%
3.34%
3.77%
4.38%
4.59%
4.72%
Württemberg
9.26%
7.23%
7.03%
6.87%
7.24%
6.62%
6.68%
6.78%
6.53%
6.54%
6.34%
6.29%
Alsace-Lorraine
2.54%
1.74%
1.68%
1.74%
1.76%
1.73%
1.66%
1.74%
1.61%
1.54%
1.65%
1.72%
Source:
Jahrbuch der Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin, 1911, p.585-589
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German Beer Production, Beer Imports, Beer Exports and Beer Consumption (hl)
1881/1882
1885/86
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
Deutsches Zollgebiet
36,663,000
39,822,000
49,925,000
50,268,000
51,795,000
52,528,000
52,311,000
57,299,000
58,169,000
62,649,000
64,164,000
65,621,000
Brausteuergebiet
19,244,000
22,105,000
29,374,000
29,695,000
30,186,000
31,290,000
30,916,000
34,337,000
34,904,000
37,707,000
38,465,000
39,320,000
Bayern
11,826,000
12,655,000
14,427,000
14,490,000
15,104,000
15,025,000
15,186,000
16,034,000
16,206,000
16,982,000
17,455,000
17,739,000
Baden
1,155,000
1,244,000
1,679,000
1,643,000
1,714,000
1,710,000
1,728,000
1,914,000
2,192,000
2,741,000
2,947,000
3,095,000
Württemberg
3,396,000
2,879,000
3,508,000
3,454,000
3,749,000
3,478,000
3,493,000
3,885,000
3,796,000
4,100,000
4,069,000
4,128,000
Alsace-Lorraine
932,000
691,000
837,000
875,000
912,000
907,000
869,000
997,000
937,000
964,000
1,058,000
1,128,000
Exports
890,000
1,249,000
626,000
612,000
577,000
590,000
576,000
647,000
664,000
648,000
625,000
682,000
Imports
101,000
111,000
229,000
283,000
353,000
428,000
465,000
547,000
561,000
576,000
568,000
631,000
Consumption
35,874,000
38,684,000
49,528,000
49,939,000
51,571,000
52,366,000
52,200,000
57,199,000
58,066,000
62,577,000
64,107,000
65,569,000
Consumption per head
99.9
97.7
101.9
102.5
100.9
109.2
109.2
116.1
117.1
117.9
Source:
Jahrbuch der Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei in Berlin, 1911, p.585-589
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