Wednesday 13 August 2014

Change in Beer production in the German customs area 1872 - 1881

If the title didn't put you off, all I can say is: you're my perfect reader.

I'd planned pointing out all sorts of clever stuff. Then I thought: you're not stupid. You can see it for yourself. Why should I condescendingly lead you by the hand?

Change in Beer production in the German customs area 1872 - 1881
Year Reichssteuergebiet Bayern Württemberg
hl % change hl % change hl % change
1872 16,102,179 10,905,836 4,197,274
1873 19,654,903 22.06% 11,256,208 3.21% 3,995,056 -4.82%
1874 20,494,914 4.27% 12,079,760 7.32% 3,596,144 -9.99%
1875 21,358,228 4.21% 12,084,910 0.04% 3,662,418 1.84%
1876 20,873,379 -2.27% 12,347,153 2.17% 3,879,006 5.91%
1877/78 20,360,491 -2.46% 12,205,377 -1.15% 3,801,519 -2.00%
1878/79 20,371,925 0.06% 12,122,483 -0.68% 3,067,305 -19.31%
1879/80 19,984,613 -1.90% 12,152,532 0.25% 3,172,634 3.43%
1880/81 21,136,031 5.76% 11,821,915 -2.72% 3,396,292 7.05%
1881/1882  19,244,000 -8.95% 11,826,000 0.03% 3,396,000 -0.01%
change 1872 - 1882 19.51% 8.44% -19.09%
1885/86  22,105,000 14.87% 12,655,000 7.01% 2,879,000 -15.22%
1890/91  29,374,000 32.88% 14,427,000 14.00% 3,508,000 21.85%
1891/92  29,695,000 1.09% 14,490,000 0.44% 3,454,000 -1.54%
change 1882 - 1892 54.31% 22.53% 1.71%
1892/93  30,186,000 1.65% 15,104,000 4.24% 3,749,000 8.54%
1893/94  31,290,000 3.66% 15,025,000 -0.52% 3,478,000 -7.23%
1894/95  30,916,000 -1.20% 15,186,000 1.07% 3,493,000 0.43%
1895/96  34,337,000 11.07% 16,034,000 5.58% 3,885,000 11.22%
1896/97  34,904,000 1.65% 16,206,000 1.07% 3,796,000 -2.29%
1897/98  37,707,000 8.03% 16,982,000 4.79% 4,100,000 8.01%
1898/99  38,465,000 2.01% 17,455,000 2.79% 4,069,000 -0.76%
1899/1900  39,320,000 2.22% 17,739,000 1.63% 4,128,000 1.45%
change 1892 - 1900 32.41% 22.42% 19.51%
change 1882 - 1900 104.32% 50.00% 21.55%
change 1872 - 1900 144.19% 62.66% -1.65%
Source:
Jahresbericht über die Leistungen der chemischen Technologie 1882, 1883, page 871.
https://archive.org/stream/jahresberichtbe02gottgoog#page/n900/mode/2up


Change in Beer production in the German customs area 1872 - 1881
Year Baden Alsace-Lorraine Total
hl % change hl % change hl % change
1872 926,957 812,454 32,944,700
1873 1,094,634 18.09% 987,752 21.58% 36,988,553 12.27%
1874 1,133,865 3.58% 889,191 -9.98% 38,193,874 3.26%
1875 1,066,661 -5.93% 763,313 -14.16% 38,935,530 1.94%
1876 1,050,841 -1.48% 706,694 -7.42% 38,857,073 -0.20%
1877/78 1,098,500 4.54% 803,136 13.65% 38,269,023 -1.51%
1878/79 1,085,020 -1.23% 787,905 -1.90% 37,434,638 -2.18%
1879/80 1,085,655 0.06% 788,542 0.08% 37,183,976 -0.67%
1880/81 1,155,450 6.43% 982,659 24.62% 38,492,347 3.52%
1881/1882  1,155,000 -0.04% 932,000 -5.16% 36,663,000 -4.75%
change 1872 - 1882 24.60% 14.71% 11.29%
1885/86  1,244,000 7.71% 691,000 -25.86% 39,822,000 8.62%
1890/91  1,679,000 34.97% 837,000 21.13% 49,925,000 25.37%
1891/92  1,643,000 -2.14% 875,000 4.54% 50,268,000 0.69%
change 1882 - 1892 42.25% -6.12% 37.11%
1892/93  1,714,000 4.32% 912,000 4.23% 51,795,000 3.04%
1893/94  1,710,000 -0.23% 907,000 -0.55% 52,528,000 1.42%
1894/95  1,728,000 1.05% 869,000 -4.19% 52,311,000 -0.41%
1895/96  1,914,000 10.76% 997,000 14.73% 57,299,000 9.54%
1896/97  2,192,000 14.52% 937,000 -6.02% 48,169,000 -15.93%
1897/98  2,741,000 25.05% 964,000 2.88% 62,649,000 30.06%
1898/99  2,947,000 7.52% 1,058,000 9.75% 64,164,000 2.42%
1899/1900  3,095,000 5.02% 1,128,000 6.62% 65,621,000 2.27%
change 1892 - 1900 88.37% 28.91% 30.54%
change 1882 - 1900 167.97% 21.03% 78.98%
change 1872 - 1900 233.89% 38.84% 99.19%
Source:
Jahresbericht über die Leistungen der chemischen Technologie 1882, 1883, page 871.
https://archive.org/stream/jahresberichtbe02gottgoog#page/n900/mode/2up

Must be pretty obvious what's important. Don't disappoint me by asking questions.

OK, I'll tell you a bit. In the whole Empire beer production almost exactly dubbled between 1882 1872 and 1900. But the vast majority of that growthcame after 1882. But that growth was very unevenly distributed. The Reichssteuergebiet was a  big winner with growth 45 points above the average for the Empire.

Biggest loser was Württemberg, where output actually fell. While neighbouring Baden saw massive growth, especially after 1890 and was clsoing in on Württemberg. Bayern also lost ground, with growth 36 points below average.

My conclusions? A shift in the focus of German brewing from the South to the North. But also a period of general quite rapid growth of beer output.

4 comments:

Thomas said...

Any idea on exports in that time, might explain the Northern growth since it is closer to the ports.

Jeff Renner said...

Small, momentarily confusing typo in the second line after the charts, "beer production almost exactly dubbled between 1882 and 1900." 1882 should be 1972. Fissured that out by rereading the title.

It would be interesting to know how the population changed over time in each area. I think that the huge emigration of Germans during this period was from a few areas, not uniformly from the entire empire.

Ron Pattinson said...

Jeff,

I've fixed that.

Ron Pattinson said...

Thomas,

I don't have export figures for every year:

1881/82 890,000 hl
1885/86 1,249,000 hl
1880 to 1900 600,000 to 800,000 hl

So I don't think exports explain the rise.