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Perspective is an interesting thing. Especially with regard to our own personal event horizon. The point in the past we personally experienced. Or drank, turning the thought to beer.

There are other limits. In my mind, the 1890's and 1920's are two different worlds. Yet there were only 30 years apart. That's as long as I've lived in Amsterdam. Not that long, really. But I still find the Berwers' Almanacks from the 1920s a bit weird, the way they stretch back to Victoria's reign.

Still obsessing over my latest book of numbers acquisition. Desperate for quick posts.looking to point out the same points again. Any or all of these could be true. And the motivation behind this post. Or I've had an Abt too many.

The numbers do subtly make some points. The decline in the Australasian and South African markets just before WW I. The robustness of demand in India. Doubtless thirsty squaddies. Then there's the weird total collapse of sales to the USA in 1919. How do you explain that?

UK beer exports by destination 1890 - 1921
Country 1890 1900 1910 1919 1920 1921
United States 48,991 47,700 69,688 28 - -
Egypt 6,591 18,597 20,000 10,408 9,796 11,600
British Possessions in S. Africa 25,582 31,446 5,937 464 3,302 1,233
British W. Indies and Guiana 26,882 18,794 21,726 5,159 13,688 6,483
India 97,196 94,918 96,914 23,776 60,751 45,554
Straits Settlements - - - 7,928 22,063 6,588
Australasia and N.Z. 147,014 96,785 90,416 5,291 18,199 11,170
Other Countries 150,565 202,605 285,065 177,642 262,449 177,042
Total 502,921 510,845 590,346 231,673 390,248 259,670
Source:
Brewers' Almanack 1922, page 114.



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