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UK brewing entered WW I in a troubled state. The decade before 1914 had been a difficult one for the industry.
Increased licence duties for breweries and pubs had seriously disrupted the industry. Specifically through a fall in the price of public houses, which left many breweries with nominal share values far in excess of their real assets. Many breweries were forced to reduce their share values. Others went into liquidation, including big names like Allsopp.
Brewers must have been anxious about what the war would mean for them. Most would have expected one thing: an increase in tax. Successive UK governments had used beer as a source of extra revenue.
Here’s what happened with beer output and strength across the war years:
UK beer production and average OG 1912 - 1922 |
|
England |
Scotland |
Ireland |
United Kingdom |
Year |
bulk barrels |
average OG |
bulk barrels |
average OG |
bulk barrels |
average OG |
bulk barrels |
average OG |
1912 |
30,991,776 |
1051.76 |
2,153,569 |
1048.11 |
3,330,174 |
1065.43 |
36,475,519 |
1052.72 |
1913 |
30,758,800 |
1051.52 |
2,119,666 |
1047.85 |
3,417,851 |
1065.73 |
36,296,317 |
1052.64 |
1914 |
31,737,384 |
1051.69 |
2,288,481 |
1047.67 |
3,532,902 |
1065.93 |
37,558,767 |
1052.80 |
1915 |
29,310,783 |
1051.16 |
2,042,477 |
1046.85 |
3,412,520 |
1065.93 |
34,765,780 |
1052.35 |
1916 |
26,914,428 |
1050.49 |
1,917,148 |
1046.45 |
3,279,032 |
1066.43 |
32,110,608 |
1051.88 |
1917 |
25,497,825 |
1047.01 |
1,816,003 |
1043.16 |
2,850,170 |
1065.69 |
30,163,998 |
1048.54 |
1918 |
16,340,250 |
1038.25 |
1,141,114 |
1036.74 |
1,603,679 |
1057.89 |
19,085,043 |
1039.81 |
1919 |
20,133,048 |
1029.35 |
1,325,439 |
1029.77 |
1,806,046 |
1044.43 |
23,264,533 |
1030.55 |
1920 |
29,891,845 |
1038.57 |
2,186,604 |
1038.83 |
2,969,498 |
1043.35 |
35,047,947 |
1039.41 |
1921 |
28,927,178 |
1041.72 |
2,096,080 |
1042.31 |
3,481,312 |
1050.18 |
34,504,570 |
1042.61 |
1922 |
25,468,663 |
1042.21 |
1,770,175 |
1041.68 |
2,939,893 |
1049.44 |
30,178,731 |
1042.88 |
Sources: |
Brewers' Journal 1921, page 246. |
Brewers' Almanack 1928, page 110. |
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