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STATISTICS OF BREWING IN SCOTLAND.
There were 216 brewers In Scotland lest year, of whom 33 are In the Edinburgh Collection. Argyll has only 1 ! There are 17,070 licensed victuallers in Scotland, which is one for every 123 persons, young and old, In the country; and though grocers who sell beer are evidently included with innkeepers, the proportion is still very great. England, which is a thirsty country, rejoices in 58,800 victuallers, and 30,900 "persons licensed for the general sale of beer," making an aggregate of 81,700 retailers of beer, which is one for every 170 souls. England has 1,753 brewers, of whom 108 are In London. Of the retailers of beer, 37,000, or nearly one-half, brew their own beer. In Scotland, only 318 out of 17,070, or one in 57, brew their own beer.
In Scotland, 990,000 bushels of malt were used for brewing ia all the sixteen Collections, of which one-tenth is was used by the licensed victuallers ; 432,000 bushels were used in the Edinburgh Collection ; 62 bushels served the two Collections of Argyll, north and south, containing 100,000 souls!
In England, 25,800,000 bushels of malt were consumed In the manufacture of beer, 13,800,000 by the brewers, and 12,000,000 by the victuallers or other retailers.
In Scotland, the malt brewed is at the rate of 4 10ths of a bushel for each person; in England it is 1.75 bushels. Ireland consumed 1,540,000 bushels of malt in her breweries, which is about 2-10ths of a bushel for each person. Of brewed liquor, one Englishman drinks as much as four Scotsmen, or nine Irishmen.
In 1831, there were 928,000 bushels of malt used for brewing in Scotland, of which 834,000 were by the brewers; the rest by victuallers. In 1830, the Scots brewers consumed 740,000 ; but the paper from which this is taken does not mention the victuallers. The increase in the quantity of malt used by the brewers since 1830, seems to have been about one fifth.- Scotsman. "
Morning Chronicle - Thursday 02 May 1833, page 3.
You can probably guess what dre me about this piece. All those handy numbers. And not just for the whole of Scotland, also for Edinburgh.