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I recently bought an academic tome with the snappy title of "The Dynamics of the international Brewing industry since 1800". All I wanted it for were some statistics on Scottish beer exports.
I need the information for the book on Scottish brewing I’m currently writing. It’s something I often do: buy a book for specific pieces of information. What else can I do if it isn’t available anywhere else?
The book is a series of articles on various related topics, written by well-known academics. The one I was interested in, called “Following the Flag”, was written by Ian Donnachie, author of the seminal “A History of the Brewing Industry in Scotland” (an excellent book, from which I’ve nicked loads of statistics).
This section in “Following the Flag” caught my eye:
"Certainly, compared to the period before 1914, export volumes from the United Kingdom halved during the inter-war years, falling to an average of 290,000 barrels per annum in the years 1924-28 and 270,00 barrels in 1934-38. Although there is no corroborative data Scottish brewers probably continued to account for about a quarter of the total in the immediate post-war years."
"The Dynamics of the international Brewing industry since 1800" edited by Richard George Wilson and Terence Richard Gourvish, 1998, page 130.
It’s the final sentence that made me feel all weird. Because although Donnachie might not have the corroborative data, but I do. Or just about. Because, in addition to beer exported the figures also include other beer exempt from duty. The last column give the real figures for exports, which you can see are 10-20% less than the UK total for all types of duty free beer.
Scotland wasn’t responsible for 25% of UK exports between the wars. It was more like 50%. In some years, such as 1927 and 1928, even more than that.
Beer Exported on Drawback and Free of Duty
England and Wales
Scotland
Ireland
United Kingdom
UK exports
1916
581,947
174,595
46,371
802,913
1917
314,333
73,896
30,095
418,324
1918
174,408
30,379
16,185
220,972
1919
470,794
195,995
33,821
700,610
1920
312,868
146,726
16,698
485,292
390,248
1921
215,719
92,193
12,648
320,560
1922
207,882
117,978
10,239
336,099
260,914
1923
176,913
108,544
2,270
287,727
257,454
1924
158,373
132,889
753
292,015
264,003
1925
180,731
145,603
415
326,749
290,824
1926
178,155
168,609
305
347,069
283,033
1927
156,258
179,242
232
338,732
287,445
1928
170,728
193,255
363,983
328,029
1929
176,381
223,638
400,019
352,942
1930
173,988
204,345
378,333
328,524
1931
159,278
147,527
306,805
289,516
1932
136,231
133,240
269,471
244,525
1933
117,363
126,254
243,617
217,981
Sources:
Brewers' Journal 1919, page 65.
Brewers' Journal 1922, page 71.
Brewers' Journal 1925, page 83.
Brewers' Journal 1928, page 87.
Brewers' Journal 1934, page 162.
Brewers' Almanack 1928, p. 115
Brewers' Almanack 1955, p. 57
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I recently bought an academic tome with the snappy title of "The Dynamics of the international Brewing industry since 1800". All I wanted it for were some statistics on Scottish beer exports.
I need the information for the book on Scottish brewing I’m currently writing. It’s something I often do: buy a book for specific pieces of information. What else can I do if it isn’t available anywhere else?
The book is a series of articles on various related topics, written by well-known academics. The one I was interested in, called “Following the Flag”, was written by Ian Donnachie, author of the seminal “A History of the Brewing Industry in Scotland” (an excellent book, from which I’ve nicked loads of statistics).
This section in “Following the Flag” caught my eye:
"Certainly, compared to the period before 1914, export volumes from the United Kingdom halved during the inter-war years, falling to an average of 290,000 barrels per annum in the years 1924-28 and 270,00 barrels in 1934-38. Although there is no corroborative data Scottish brewers probably continued to account for about a quarter of the total in the immediate post-war years."
"The Dynamics of the international Brewing industry since 1800" edited by Richard George Wilson and Terence Richard Gourvish, 1998, page 130.
It’s the final sentence that made me feel all weird. Because although Donnachie might not have the corroborative data, but I do. Or just about. Because, in addition to beer exported the figures also include other beer exempt from duty. The last column give the real figures for exports, which you can see are 10-20% less than the UK total for all types of duty free beer.
Scotland wasn’t responsible for 25% of UK exports between the wars. It was more like 50%. In some years, such as 1927 and 1928, even more than that.
Beer Exported on Drawback and Free of Duty
England and Wales
Scotland
Ireland
United Kingdom
UK exports
1916
581,947
174,595
46,371
802,913
1917
314,333
73,896
30,095
418,324
1918
174,408
30,379
16,185
220,972
1919
470,794
195,995
33,821
700,610
1920
312,868
146,726
16,698
485,292
390,248
1921
215,719
92,193
12,648
320,560
1922
207,882
117,978
10,239
336,099
260,914
1923
176,913
108,544
2,270
287,727
257,454
1924
158,373
132,889
753
292,015
264,003
1925
180,731
145,603
415
326,749
290,824
1926
178,155
168,609
305
347,069
283,033
1927
156,258
179,242
232
338,732
287,445
1928
170,728
193,255
363,983
328,029
1929
176,381
223,638
400,019
352,942
1930
173,988
204,345
378,333
328,524
1931
159,278
147,527
306,805
289,516
1932
136,231
133,240
269,471
244,525
1933
117,363
126,254
243,617
217,981
Sources:
Brewers' Journal 1919, page 65.
Brewers' Journal 1922, page 71.
Brewers' Journal 1925, page 83.
Brewers' Journal 1928, page 87.
Brewers' Journal 1934, page 162.
Brewers' Almanack 1928, p. 115
Brewers' Almanack 1955, p. 57
Weird that I should have more data than the academics.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2017/01/scottish-beer-exports-between-wars.html)