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I've just been knocking some numbers together for my book "Keg!". Ones looking at sales by package. Most of which I had to harvest especially.
I have tables with big long sets of UK beer statistics. Almost all taken from the Brewer's Almanack or its successor, the Statistical Handbook. Such handy books.
Getting a bit carried away, I didn't finish at 1980, but continued on to 1988. Which makes the trend of moving from returnable bottled to cans all the more evident. It also shows a change in the types of beer being drunk. Because some styles which had once been popular in pubs, such as Brown Ale, weren't often canned.
What were the classic canned beers? Bitter, yes. But most pre-eminent was Lager. With canned Lager becoming the archetypal beer to consume at home. Which I'm sure it remains to this day.
Beer sales by package 1971 - 1980 (%)
Year
Draught
Bottle/Can
Returnable bottle
Non-returnable bottle
Can
1971
73.5
26.5
22.5
4
1972
73.4
26.6
21.9
4.7
1973
73.1
26.9
21.2
5.7
1974
73.8
26.2
19.7
0.6
5.9
1975
75.8
24.2
16.7
0.6
6.9
1976
77.1
22.9
14.4
0.5
8
1977
78.5
21.5
12.8
0.4
8.3
1978
78.2
21.8
11.9
0.6
9.3
1979
78.3
21.7
11.1
0.6
10
1980
78.9
21.1
10.3
0.5
10.3
1981
79.5
20.5
9.5
0.6
10.4
1982
79.4
20.6
8.4
0.7
11.5
1983
78.5
21.5
7.5
1.6
12.4
1984
78.2
21.8
6.8
2.1
12.9
1985
77.2
22.8
6.6
2.4
13.8
1986
75.8
24.2
6.3
2.7
15.2
1987
74.3
25.7
6.4
2.9
16.4
1988
73.2
26.8
6.6
3
17.2
Sources:
The Brewers' Society UK Statistical Handbook 1980, page 11.
The Brewers' Society UK Statistical Handbook 1988, page 17.
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I've just been knocking some numbers together for my book "Keg!". Ones looking at sales by package. Most of which I had to harvest especially.
I have tables with big long sets of UK beer statistics. Almost all taken from the Brewer's Almanack or its successor, the Statistical Handbook. Such handy books.
Getting a bit carried away, I didn't finish at 1980, but continued on to 1988. Which makes the trend of moving from returnable bottled to cans all the more evident. It also shows a change in the types of beer being drunk. Because some styles which had once been popular in pubs, such as Brown Ale, weren't often canned.
What were the classic canned beers? Bitter, yes. But most pre-eminent was Lager. With canned Lager becoming the archetypal beer to consume at home. Which I'm sure it remains to this day.
Beer sales by package 1971 - 1980 (%)
Year
Draught
Bottle/Can
Returnable bottle
Non-returnable bottle
Can
1971
73.5
26.5
22.5
4
1972
73.4
26.6
21.9
4.7
1973
73.1
26.9
21.2
5.7
1974
73.8
26.2
19.7
0.6
5.9
1975
75.8
24.2
16.7
0.6
6.9
1976
77.1
22.9
14.4
0.5
8
1977
78.5
21.5
12.8
0.4
8.3
1978
78.2
21.8
11.9
0.6
9.3
1979
78.3
21.7
11.1
0.6
10
1980
78.9
21.1
10.3
0.5
10.3
1981
79.5
20.5
9.5
0.6
10.4
1982
79.4
20.6
8.4
0.7
11.5
1983
78.5
21.5
7.5
1.6
12.4
1984
78.2
21.8
6.8
2.1
12.9
1985
77.2
22.8
6.6
2.4
13.8
1986
75.8
24.2
6.3
2.7
15.2
1987
74.3
25.7
6.4
2.9
16.4
1988
73.2
26.8
6.6
3
17.2
Sources:
The Brewers' Society UK Statistical Handbook 1980, page 11.
The Brewers' Society UK Statistical Handbook 1988, page 17.
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