Monday 21 June 2021

Heineken (Rotterdam) output in 1941

It's taking me rather longer than expected to note down every brew Heineken brew in Rotterdam 1939 to 1943. Literally as much fun as it sounds. That is, none at all. Pretty sure it will be worth it.Pretty sure, but not totally.

In 1941, they brewed quite a lot of beer still - over 300,000 hl.I assume that they brewed a similar amount in Amsterdam. At an average OG of 8.1º Plato, isn't too bad. Bit look at the trend: downwards, finishing at under 6º Plato at the end of the year. To put that onto context, average UK OG in 1941 was 1038.5º - that's about 9.6º Plato. In just a few months, Heineken's beer had gone from being about as strong as that in the UK to being watery piss.

It's more beer than they manged to brew more than the previous year's 306,919 hl.* Not that bad a result, I suppose, 324,849 hl. in 1941. The trend did look to be downwards, with December output the lowest for the whole year.

Heineken (Rotterdam) output in 1941
Month Year hl. gravity points Average OG Plato
Jan 1941 42,347 390,432 9.2
Feb 1941 29,032 259,061 8.9
Mar 1941 37,632 347,112 9.2
Apr 1941 18,974 187,464 9.9
May 1941 20,572 203,422 9.9
Jun 1941 27,629 267,291 9.7
Jul 1941 39,629 297,548 7.5
Aug 1941 29,863 195,022 6.5
Sep 1941 23,010 157,429 6.8
Oct 1941 20,524 127,905 6.2
Nov 1941 19,916 114,759 5.8
Dec 1941 15,721 92,089 5.9
total   324,849 2,639,534  8.1
Source:
Heineken brewing record held at the Amsterdamse Stadsarchief, document number 834 - 1760.

* Heineken brewing record held at the Amsterdamse Stadsarchief, document number 834 - 1759.

 

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