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A bit of a deeper dive into the beers being drunk back in the 1970s.
I'm going to start off with some data because, well, I have it. And I wasn't sitting in a corner noting what everyone ordered. My memory isn't that great, either.
A word of caution regarding these number. They are for the UK as a whole. A point worth making, as there were very large regional variations. By the mid-1970s, Mild was pretty much dead in some areas. For example, Scotland, the Northeast, the Southwest and London. While in parts of the North and the Midlands, Mild didn't trail that far behind Bitter. Lager was far more popular in Scotland than elsewhere and was already rivalling Bitter.
UK Beer Sales by type (%)
beer type
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
Ale & stout
90.1
88.3
85.1
83.6
80.3
76.5
75.5
73.1
70.9
Bitter & Stout
72.4
72.4
70.9
69.8
67.0
63.9
62.8
61.1
59.4
Light Mild
3.4
3
2.8
Dark Mild
9.3
9
8.7
Mild
17.7
15.9
14.2
13.8
13.3
12.6
12.7
12
11.5
Lager
9.9
11.7
14.9
16.4
19.7
23.5
24.5
26.9
29.1
Draught Lager
7.1
8.6
11.3
12.6
15.6
18.5
19
20.6
22.1
Sources:
“The Brewers' Society Statistical Handbook 1988” page 15
“The Brewers' Society Statistical Handbook 1990” page 17
"Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2003", p. 21
"Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2005", p. 17
As I know some of you like a visual representation, here's that data as a graph:
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There's a steady rise in Lager sales, and a corresponding decline in those of Bitter and Mild.
Almost 90% of beer was sold in pubs, the vast majority of that in draught form. Only around 10% of the beer sold in pubs was bottled. And most of that was either consumed by older drinkers or drunk mixed with draught beer. For example, Light and Bitter or Brown Ale and Mild.
Personal recollections again next time. Or maybe some more numbers. Anyone interested in prices?
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2023/03/looking-back-part-two.html)
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A bit of a deeper dive into the beers being drunk back in the 1970s.
I'm going to start off with some data because, well, I have it. And I wasn't sitting in a corner noting what everyone ordered. My memory isn't that great, either.
A word of caution regarding these number. They are for the UK as a whole. A point worth making, as there were very large regional variations. By the mid-1970s, Mild was pretty much dead in some areas. For example, Scotland, the Northeast, the Southwest and London. While in parts of the North and the Midlands, Mild didn't trail that far behind Bitter. Lager was far more popular in Scotland than elsewhere and was already rivalling Bitter.
UK Beer Sales by type (%)
beer type
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
Ale & stout
90.1
88.3
85.1
83.6
80.3
76.5
75.5
73.1
70.9
Bitter & Stout
72.4
72.4
70.9
69.8
67.0
63.9
62.8
61.1
59.4
Light Mild
3.4
3
2.8
Dark Mild
9.3
9
8.7
Mild
17.7
15.9
14.2
13.8
13.3
12.6
12.7
12
11.5
Lager
9.9
11.7
14.9
16.4
19.7
23.5
24.5
26.9
29.1
Draught Lager
7.1
8.6
11.3
12.6
15.6
18.5
19
20.6
22.1
Sources:
“The Brewers' Society Statistical Handbook 1988” page 15
“The Brewers' Society Statistical Handbook 1990” page 17
"Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2003", p. 21
"Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2005", p. 17
As I know some of you like a visual representation, here's that data as a graph:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwzk23RLBzB7kuUWHAOoXFvdKonuG6gw7fJoTldrEtJ WF5rwc7kDC7JyreIyiXdltlKM-WGKijJ_n9kfDPz7DSAyGINixhpUQzd0ghBWD126dxATbHxId57 xIHUT5v7fIXKXGNtu0PcAOkjrOl1goml_BeAE5htneZzWhJKW4 _hdaYUlC1Xf1mTD_/w640-h462/UK_Beer_Sales_by_Type_1971_1979.jpg (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwzk23RLBzB7kuUWHAOoXFvdKonuG6gw7fJoTldrEtJ WF5rwc7kDC7JyreIyiXdltlKM-WGKijJ_n9kfDPz7DSAyGINixhpUQzd0ghBWD126dxATbHxId57 xIHUT5v7fIXKXGNtu0PcAOkjrOl1goml_BeAE5htneZzWhJKW4 _hdaYUlC1Xf1mTD_/s790/UK_Beer_Sales_by_Type_1971_1979.jpg)
There's a steady rise in Lager sales, and a corresponding decline in those of Bitter and Mild.
Almost 90% of beer was sold in pubs, the vast majority of that in draught form. Only around 10% of the beer sold in pubs was bottled. And most of that was either consumed by older drinkers or drunk mixed with draught beer. For example, Light and Bitter or Brown Ale and Mild.
Personal recollections again next time. Or maybe some more numbers. Anyone interested in prices?
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2023/03/looking-back-part-two.html)