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I don’t have exact details on the source of imports. Just some hints, in the form of the port of destination.
In most cases the port of destination was in Northern Europe. The beer coming from Copenhagen and Christiania must have been Danish. With the others, it’s a bit more guesswork. That coming from Hamburg and Bremen was probably German.
Where the port was in Belgium or Holland, things are much less certain. I’m sure some being shipped from Amsterdam and Rotterdam was Dutch. But I’m sure some was also German. As Belgium had no great reputation for beer, the chances are that most, or all, of the beer coming through Antwerp and Ostend was German.
It’s interesting how much was being imported through the Clyde, which was presumably intended for the Scottish market. Perhaps a sign of the early popularity of Lager in Scotland. And the links between Carlsberg and William Younger, given that more than 50% of the beer coming from Denmark was landed on the Clyde.
UK beer imports in 1897
From
London, pkgs.
Liverpool, pkge.
Hull pkgs.
Harwich, pkgs.
O. E. Ports, pkgs.
Dublin. pkgs.
Clyde. &c. pkgs.
Total, pkgs.
%
Hamburg
7,885
3,977
2,215
700
1,604
457
908
17,746
12.42%
Bremen
20,827
1,075
1,351
-
-
-
3,825
27,078
18.95%
Rotterdam
18,593
171
4,129
11,183
725
9,098
1,831
45,730
32.01%
Antwerp
4,574
732
18
4,576
672
-
3
10,575
7.40%
Amsterdam
14,718
282
5,655
-
2,754
-
3,064
26,473
18.53%
Copenhagen
1,882
106
2,033
-
-
-
5,275
9,296
6.51%
Christiania
154
-
618
-
14
-
66
852
0.60%
New York
100
45
-
-
-
-
50
195
0.14%
Ostend
4,934
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,934
3.45%
Totals, 1897
73,667
6,388
16,019
16,459
5,769
9,555
15,022
142,879
Do. 1896
63,267
10,779
13,468
14,026
4,997
8,250
14,655
129,442
Do. 1895
55,429
11,868
11,775
17,082
4,079
8,282
14,130
122,645
Source:
Brewers' Journal 1898, page 64.
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I don’t have exact details on the source of imports. Just some hints, in the form of the port of destination.
In most cases the port of destination was in Northern Europe. The beer coming from Copenhagen and Christiania must have been Danish. With the others, it’s a bit more guesswork. That coming from Hamburg and Bremen was probably German.
Where the port was in Belgium or Holland, things are much less certain. I’m sure some being shipped from Amsterdam and Rotterdam was Dutch. But I’m sure some was also German. As Belgium had no great reputation for beer, the chances are that most, or all, of the beer coming through Antwerp and Ostend was German.
It’s interesting how much was being imported through the Clyde, which was presumably intended for the Scottish market. Perhaps a sign of the early popularity of Lager in Scotland. And the links between Carlsberg and William Younger, given that more than 50% of the beer coming from Denmark was landed on the Clyde.
UK beer imports in 1897
From
London, pkgs.
Liverpool, pkge.
Hull pkgs.
Harwich, pkgs.
O. E. Ports, pkgs.
Dublin. pkgs.
Clyde. &c. pkgs.
Total, pkgs.
%
Hamburg
7,885
3,977
2,215
700
1,604
457
908
17,746
12.42%
Bremen
20,827
1,075
1,351
-
-
-
3,825
27,078
18.95%
Rotterdam
18,593
171
4,129
11,183
725
9,098
1,831
45,730
32.01%
Antwerp
4,574
732
18
4,576
672
-
3
10,575
7.40%
Amsterdam
14,718
282
5,655
-
2,754
-
3,064
26,473
18.53%
Copenhagen
1,882
106
2,033
-
-
-
5,275
9,296
6.51%
Christiania
154
-
618
-
14
-
66
852
0.60%
New York
100
45
-
-
-
-
50
195
0.14%
Ostend
4,934
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,934
3.45%
Totals, 1897
73,667
6,388
16,019
16,459
5,769
9,555
15,022
142,879
Do. 1896
63,267
10,779
13,468
14,026
4,997
8,250
14,655
129,442
Do. 1895
55,429
11,868
11,775
17,082
4,079
8,282
14,130
122,645
Source:
Brewers' Journal 1898, page 64.
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