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Fancy some more Dutch beer statistics? I thought not. Bugger you, that's what you're getting. The title is just a blatant lie. Or as I prefer to put it, my own personal interpretation of the truth. Everyone is at that sort of crap nowadays, why shouldn't I join in. The truth has become a rather tenuous concept.Just a load of numbers today. Because I'm lazy and have other things to be getting on with. Don't expect a huge amount of analysis.
Here's the absolute minimum. The consumption of all alcoholic drinks fell over the period covered. Beer by 58%, wine by 62% and spirits by a massive 75%. Though Dutch consumption of spirits was very high in the 19th century. Almost 10 litres per head is a shitload.
While spirits consumption was already in sharp decline in the Edwardian period, it was WW I which really put a dent in the beer numbers. The reason was quite simple: they ran out of malting barley and simply couldn't brew any more beer than they did. Beer, at least until 1954, never fully recovered.
Except, these number stop before the big turnaround as Dutch drinkers regained their love of beer. Its popularity rose in the following decades,with consumption peaking at 88 litres per capita in 1988.
Dutch consumption of alcoholic drinks 1875 - 1854
year
beer
spirits
wine
1875
33.3
9.37
2.45
1880
33.8
9.80
2.57
1885
33.7
9.16
2.20
1890
36.4
8.91
2.05
1895
39.6
8.68
1.90
1900
42.0
8.23
2.16
1905
40.4
7.42
1.82
1910
35.8
5.21
1.63
1914
37.9
5.55
1.05
1915
37.9
4.51
1.00
1916
36.9
4.75
1.50
1917
4.98
0.46
1918
10.0
3.23
0.38
1919
13.0
4.25
2.43
1920
17.5
5.16
1.59
1921
23.0
2.90
1.69
1922
24.6
2.81
2.02
1923
26.0
2.36
1.36
1924
25.1
2.21
1.68
1925
25.2
2.11
1.98
1926
25.8
2.03
2.12
1927
25.4
1.99
1.85
1928
27.8
1.91
1.83
1929
28.0
2.39
1.84
1930
27.5
2.54
1.71
1931
25.3
2.31
1.45
1932
21.6
1.97
1.13
1933
19.0
1.82
0.90
1934
17.5
1.61
0.91
1935
15.3
1.49
0.93
1936
14.0
1.44
1.05
1937
14.1
1.45
1.20
1938
14.9
1.46
1.14
1939
15.2
1.57
1.31
1946
19.1
1.27
0.54
1947
16.9
2.33
0.77
1948
13.6
3.18
1.09
1949
10.4
3.20
0.54
1950
10.9
2.95
0.50
1951
10.9
2.67
0.62
1952
11.3
2.23
0.51
1953
12.7
2.15
0.65
1954
13.9
2.31
0.92
Source:
De Nederlandse Brouwindustrie in Cijfers, by Dr. H. Hoelen, Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor, 1955, held at the Amsterdam City Archives, pages 52 - 53.
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Fancy some more Dutch beer statistics? I thought not. Bugger you, that's what you're getting. The title is just a blatant lie. Or as I prefer to put it, my own personal interpretation of the truth. Everyone is at that sort of crap nowadays, why shouldn't I join in. The truth has become a rather tenuous concept.Just a load of numbers today. Because I'm lazy and have other things to be getting on with. Don't expect a huge amount of analysis.
Here's the absolute minimum. The consumption of all alcoholic drinks fell over the period covered. Beer by 58%, wine by 62% and spirits by a massive 75%. Though Dutch consumption of spirits was very high in the 19th century. Almost 10 litres per head is a shitload.
While spirits consumption was already in sharp decline in the Edwardian period, it was WW I which really put a dent in the beer numbers. The reason was quite simple: they ran out of malting barley and simply couldn't brew any more beer than they did. Beer, at least until 1954, never fully recovered.
Except, these number stop before the big turnaround as Dutch drinkers regained their love of beer. Its popularity rose in the following decades,with consumption peaking at 88 litres per capita in 1988.
Dutch consumption of alcoholic drinks 1875 - 1854
year
beer
spirits
wine
1875
33.3
9.37
2.45
1880
33.8
9.80
2.57
1885
33.7
9.16
2.20
1890
36.4
8.91
2.05
1895
39.6
8.68
1.90
1900
42.0
8.23
2.16
1905
40.4
7.42
1.82
1910
35.8
5.21
1.63
1914
37.9
5.55
1.05
1915
37.9
4.51
1.00
1916
36.9
4.75
1.50
1917
4.98
0.46
1918
10.0
3.23
0.38
1919
13.0
4.25
2.43
1920
17.5
5.16
1.59
1921
23.0
2.90
1.69
1922
24.6
2.81
2.02
1923
26.0
2.36
1.36
1924
25.1
2.21
1.68
1925
25.2
2.11
1.98
1926
25.8
2.03
2.12
1927
25.4
1.99
1.85
1928
27.8
1.91
1.83
1929
28.0
2.39
1.84
1930
27.5
2.54
1.71
1931
25.3
2.31
1.45
1932
21.6
1.97
1.13
1933
19.0
1.82
0.90
1934
17.5
1.61
0.91
1935
15.3
1.49
0.93
1936
14.0
1.44
1.05
1937
14.1
1.45
1.20
1938
14.9
1.46
1.14
1939
15.2
1.57
1.31
1946
19.1
1.27
0.54
1947
16.9
2.33
0.77
1948
13.6
3.18
1.09
1949
10.4
3.20
0.54
1950
10.9
2.95
0.50
1951
10.9
2.67
0.62
1952
11.3
2.23
0.51
1953
12.7
2.15
0.65
1954
13.9
2.31
0.92
Source:
De Nederlandse Brouwindustrie in Cijfers, by Dr. H. Hoelen, Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor, 1955, held at the Amsterdam City Archives, pages 52 - 53.
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