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The internet is wonderful for research. Sometimes you come across wonderful information in the oddest of places. Like the stuff that follows.I found it in a book about the architecture of Berlin. There's a section on breweries which has some dead useful information. For me, at least.

In the late 1880s and early 1890s, around two thirds of Berlin’s breweries were top fermenting, but they only produced one third of the beer. The table below lists all top-fermenting breweries which did not all necessarily brew Weissbier.

Intriguing that more new top-fermenting breweries were arriving than bottom-fermenting ones: 27 compared to 8. Though that’s probably due to Lager breweries operating on a larger scale and requiring more capital to set up.

It’s hard to see any trends in the production figures.

Remember that there were several other top-fermenting styles in Berlin: Braunbier, Porter, Bitterbier. The quantity of Weissbier brewed was lower than the number in the table, which is for all types of top-fermented beer.

There’s no discernible shift from top to bottom fermenting that I can see. The proportion is always around one third to two thirds. Though it’s clear that the bottom-fermenting breweries were on a larger scale.

The difference in scale only became larger over time.

The average output of a top-fermenting brewery remained rooted at 20,000 hl. While that of bottom-fermenting breweries increased by more than 50%.



Number of Berlin breweries 1872 - 1894


Year
Bottom fermenting
Top fermenting
Total


1872
21
43.75%
27
56.25%
48


1888/89
26
36.62%
45
63.38%
71


1889/90
26
34.67%
49
65.33%
75


1890/91
27
36.00%
48
64.00%
75


1891/92
27
35.53%
49
64.47%
76


1892/93
29
38.16%
47
61.84%
76


1893/94
29
34.94%
54
65.06%
83


Source:


Berlin und seine Bauten, Architecten-Verein zu Berlin, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 1896, page 648.






Output of Berlin breweries 1872 - 1894


Year
Bottom fermenting
Top fermenting
Total


1872
898,049
62.89%
530,000
37.11%
1,428,049


1888/89
1,858,530
64.21%
1,036,058
35.79%
2,894,588


1889/90
1,891,693
63.95%
1,066,378
36.05%
2,958,071


1890/91
1,939,023
64.66%
1,060,001
35.34%
2,999,024


1891/92
1,936,987
67.62%
927,678
32.38%
2,864,665


1892/93
2,116,979
67.95%
998,661
32.05%
3,115,640


1893/94
1,988,179
63.87%
1,124,491
36.13%
3,112,670


Source:


Berlin und seine Bauten, Architecten-Verein zu Berlin, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 1896, page 648.






Average output of Berlin breweries 1872 - 1894


Year
Bottom fermenting
Top fermenting


1872
42,764
19,630


1888/89
71,482
23,024


1889/90
72,757
21,763


1890/91
71,816
22,083


1891/92
71,740
18,932


1892/93
72,999
21,248


1893/94
68,558
20,824


Source:


Berlin und seine Bauten, Architecten-Verein zu Berlin, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 1896, page 648.










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