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UK brewing entered WW I in a troubled state. The decade before 1914 had been a difficult one for the industry.

Increased licence duties for breweries and pubs had seriously disrupted the industry. Specifically through a fall in the price of public houses, which left many breweries with nominal share values far in excess of their real assets. Many breweries were forced to reduce their share values. Others went into liquidation, including big names like Allsopp.

Brewers must have been anxious about what the war would mean for them. Most would have expected one thing: an increase in tax. Successive UK governments had used beer as a source of extra revenue.

Here’s what happened with beer output and strength across the war years:




UK beer production and average OG 1912 - 1922



England
Scotland
Ireland
United Kingdom


Year
bulk barrels
average OG
bulk barrels
average OG
bulk barrels
average OG
bulk barrels
average OG


1912
30,991,776
1051.76
2,153,569
1048.11
3,330,174
1065.43
36,475,519
1052.72


1913
30,758,800
1051.52
2,119,666
1047.85
3,417,851
1065.73
36,296,317
1052.64


1914
31,737,384
1051.69
2,288,481
1047.67
3,532,902
1065.93
37,558,767
1052.80


1915
29,310,783
1051.16
2,042,477
1046.85
3,412,520
1065.93
34,765,780
1052.35


1916
26,914,428
1050.49
1,917,148
1046.45
3,279,032
1066.43
32,110,608
1051.88


1917
25,497,825
1047.01
1,816,003
1043.16
2,850,170
1065.69
30,163,998
1048.54


1918
16,340,250
1038.25
1,141,114
1036.74
1,603,679
1057.89
19,085,043
1039.81


1919
20,133,048
1029.35
1,325,439
1029.77
1,806,046
1044.43
23,264,533
1030.55


1920
29,891,845
1038.57
2,186,604
1038.83
2,969,498
1043.35
35,047,947
1039.41


1921
28,927,178
1041.72
2,096,080
1042.31
3,481,312
1050.18
34,504,570
1042.61


1922
25,468,663
1042.21
1,770,175
1041.68
2,939,893
1049.44
30,178,731
1042.88


Sources:


Brewers' Journal 1921, page 246.


Brewers' Almanack 1928, page 110.





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