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Yet more Dutch numbers. This time showing the remarkable recovery of the brewing industry after WW II. Much of it powered by exports. And Heineken. Especially in the later years.
Production in the interwar years mirror the waxing and waning of the world economy, with the impact of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 plainly visible. Just as in the UK, just when things were starting to pick up in the late 1930s, an annoying was came along to mess everything up.
The continued increase in output in the first couple of years of the German occupation came at a price: a big reduction in strength. By the end, it wasn't intoxicating at all. Unlike in the UK, where at least average strength never dropped below 3% ABV.
At the start of WW II, a huge percentage of Dutch beer came from just a couple of breweries. Out of total production in 1939 of 1,508,000 hl, Heineken (Rotterdam) brewed 232,226 hl and Amstel 279,801 hl. Assuming Heineken's Amsterdam brewery produced something similar to their Rotterdam plant, along with Amstel they must have been responsible for half of all Dutch beer.
Dutch beer production 1925 - 1970
year
hl
year
hl
year
hl
1925
1,944,000
1941
2,247,000
1956
2,485,000
1926
2,033,000
1942
2,076,000
1957
2,733,000
1927
2,058,000
1943
2,286,000
1958
2,941,000
1928
-
1944
1,848,000
1959
3,398,000
1929
2,319,000
1945
1,157,000
1960
3,552,000
1930
2,280,000
1946
1,873,000
1961
3,802,000
1931
2,103,000
1947
1,852,000
1962
3,965,000
1932
1,807,000
1948
1,514,000
1963
4,408,000
1933
1,609,000
1949
1,336,000
1964
4,965,000
1934
1,512,000
1950
1,413,000
1965
5,402,000
1935
1,373,000
1951
1,603,000
1966
5,695,000
1936
1,262,000
1952
1,611,000
1967
6,571,000
1937
1,298,000
1953
1,832,000
1968
6,849,000
1938
1,382,000
1954
1,978,000
1969
7,841,000
1939
1,508,000
1955
2,321,000
1970
8,772,000
1940
1,764,000
Source:
"European Statistics 1750-1970" by B. R. Mitchell, 1978, pages 268- 288.
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Yet more Dutch numbers. This time showing the remarkable recovery of the brewing industry after WW II. Much of it powered by exports. And Heineken. Especially in the later years.
Production in the interwar years mirror the waxing and waning of the world economy, with the impact of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 plainly visible. Just as in the UK, just when things were starting to pick up in the late 1930s, an annoying was came along to mess everything up.
The continued increase in output in the first couple of years of the German occupation came at a price: a big reduction in strength. By the end, it wasn't intoxicating at all. Unlike in the UK, where at least average strength never dropped below 3% ABV.
At the start of WW II, a huge percentage of Dutch beer came from just a couple of breweries. Out of total production in 1939 of 1,508,000 hl, Heineken (Rotterdam) brewed 232,226 hl and Amstel 279,801 hl. Assuming Heineken's Amsterdam brewery produced something similar to their Rotterdam plant, along with Amstel they must have been responsible for half of all Dutch beer.
Dutch beer production 1925 - 1970
year
hl
year
hl
year
hl
1925
1,944,000
1941
2,247,000
1956
2,485,000
1926
2,033,000
1942
2,076,000
1957
2,733,000
1927
2,058,000
1943
2,286,000
1958
2,941,000
1928
-
1944
1,848,000
1959
3,398,000
1929
2,319,000
1945
1,157,000
1960
3,552,000
1930
2,280,000
1946
1,873,000
1961
3,802,000
1931
2,103,000
1947
1,852,000
1962
3,965,000
1932
1,807,000
1948
1,514,000
1963
4,408,000
1933
1,609,000
1949
1,336,000
1964
4,965,000
1934
1,512,000
1950
1,413,000
1965
5,402,000
1935
1,373,000
1951
1,603,000
1966
5,695,000
1936
1,262,000
1952
1,611,000
1967
6,571,000
1937
1,298,000
1953
1,832,000
1968
6,849,000
1938
1,382,000
1954
1,978,000
1969
7,841,000
1939
1,508,000
1955
2,321,000
1970
8,772,000
1940
1,764,000
Source:
"European Statistics 1750-1970" by B. R. Mitchell, 1978, pages 268- 288.
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