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Another boring numbers post. Feel free to skip it if you prefer those word things. Though I will be throwing in a few of those as well.
I've accumulated some impressive sets of numbers over the years. Especially about British brewing. Mostly they're from the Brewers' Almanack and its successor, the Statistical Handbook. I've got a fairly complete set of most numbers for the 20th century, though there are a few gaps.
The longer the set, the more useful the numbers, I generally find. This lot certainly offered up some surprises. The biggest being that since 1987 UK beer exports have been greater than ever before.
For most of the 20th century, beer exports were in the range 300,000 - 500,000 hl per year. But over the last couple of decades this has shot up to several millions of hectolitres annually. Unfortunately, I don't know which specific beers are being exported. Though given the numbers, most of it must be being produced on an industrial scale.
Good news? I guess so. But there's a huge problem looming on the horizon. Because guess where most of those exports go: EU countries. 63% of exports in 2016. I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this yet. All I've heard are the supposed opportunities that Brexit offers brewers. I suspect that the opposite is more likely to be the case. Be interesting to see what the numbers look like in five years time.
UK beer exports 1900 - 2016
year
hl
year
hl
year
hl
1900
798,057
1945
213,478
1969
617,139
1905
798,057
1946
306,721
1983
749,544
1910
934,360
1947
179,498
1984
857,557
1913
1,066,657
1948
335,655
1985
984,000
1915
787,485
1949
415,927
1986
1,011,230
1920
519,063
1950
362,023
1987
1,145,000
1922
427,001
1951
450,763
1988
1,231,675
1923
421,339
1952
437,600
1989
1,335,443
1924
429,872
1953
466,320
1990
1,624,000
1925
436,852
1954
405,906
1991
1,842,767
1926
483,584
1955
368,902
1992
2,100,000
1927
452,931
1956
390,937
1993
2,100,000
1934
353,976
1957
391,824
1994
3,200,000
1935
381,055
1958
406,988
1995
3,019,000
1936
531,977
1959
349,168
1996
3,654,000
1937
557,669
1960
364,123
1997
3,290,710
1938
460,338
1962
463,128
1998
3,853,530
1939
464,740
1963
586,923
2000
3,646,600
1940
436,579
1964
623,189
2010
6,789,100
1941
369,129
1965
600,578
2014
5,241,900
1942
155,139
1966
538,643
2015
5,649,600
1943
175,143
1967
484,883
2016
5,974,500
1944
126,992
1968
556,979
Sources:
Brewers' Almanack 1928, p. 115
Brewers' Almanack 1955, p. 57
Brewers' Almanack 1962, p. 57
Brewers' Almanack 1971, p. 54
“The Brewers' Society Statistical Handbook 1988” page 17
“The Brewers' Society Statistical Handbook 1990” page 17
Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2003, p. 21
Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2005, p. 17
Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2011, p. 17
Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2017, p. 15 - 16
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Another boring numbers post. Feel free to skip it if you prefer those word things. Though I will be throwing in a few of those as well.
I've accumulated some impressive sets of numbers over the years. Especially about British brewing. Mostly they're from the Brewers' Almanack and its successor, the Statistical Handbook. I've got a fairly complete set of most numbers for the 20th century, though there are a few gaps.
The longer the set, the more useful the numbers, I generally find. This lot certainly offered up some surprises. The biggest being that since 1987 UK beer exports have been greater than ever before.
For most of the 20th century, beer exports were in the range 300,000 - 500,000 hl per year. But over the last couple of decades this has shot up to several millions of hectolitres annually. Unfortunately, I don't know which specific beers are being exported. Though given the numbers, most of it must be being produced on an industrial scale.
Good news? I guess so. But there's a huge problem looming on the horizon. Because guess where most of those exports go: EU countries. 63% of exports in 2016. I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this yet. All I've heard are the supposed opportunities that Brexit offers brewers. I suspect that the opposite is more likely to be the case. Be interesting to see what the numbers look like in five years time.
UK beer exports 1900 - 2016
year
hl
year
hl
year
hl
1900
798,057
1945
213,478
1969
617,139
1905
798,057
1946
306,721
1983
749,544
1910
934,360
1947
179,498
1984
857,557
1913
1,066,657
1948
335,655
1985
984,000
1915
787,485
1949
415,927
1986
1,011,230
1920
519,063
1950
362,023
1987
1,145,000
1922
427,001
1951
450,763
1988
1,231,675
1923
421,339
1952
437,600
1989
1,335,443
1924
429,872
1953
466,320
1990
1,624,000
1925
436,852
1954
405,906
1991
1,842,767
1926
483,584
1955
368,902
1992
2,100,000
1927
452,931
1956
390,937
1993
2,100,000
1934
353,976
1957
391,824
1994
3,200,000
1935
381,055
1958
406,988
1995
3,019,000
1936
531,977
1959
349,168
1996
3,654,000
1937
557,669
1960
364,123
1997
3,290,710
1938
460,338
1962
463,128
1998
3,853,530
1939
464,740
1963
586,923
2000
3,646,600
1940
436,579
1964
623,189
2010
6,789,100
1941
369,129
1965
600,578
2014
5,241,900
1942
155,139
1966
538,643
2015
5,649,600
1943
175,143
1967
484,883
2016
5,974,500
1944
126,992
1968
556,979
Sources:
Brewers' Almanack 1928, p. 115
Brewers' Almanack 1955, p. 57
Brewers' Almanack 1962, p. 57
Brewers' Almanack 1971, p. 54
“The Brewers' Society Statistical Handbook 1988” page 17
“The Brewers' Society Statistical Handbook 1990” page 17
Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2003, p. 21
Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2005, p. 17
Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2011, p. 17
Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2017, p. 15 - 16
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