tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post1777429165913292240..comments2024-03-29T05:19:32.549-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Beer consumption per capita 1937 - 1954Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-61976325980119315782021-12-17T05:58:35.058-08:002021-12-17T05:58:35.058-08:00Anonymous,
it was a combination of German troops ...Anonymous,<br /><br />it was a combination of German troops and increased demand from the local population.<br /><br />Demand collapsed in Belgium because the gravity was reduced to something ridiculous. And for a while beer could only be purchased with bread ration coupons.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-26086095481983738882021-12-17T05:56:37.854-08:002021-12-17T05:56:37.854-08:00Anonymous,
litres. UK beer didn't really get ...Anonymous,<br /><br />litres. UK beer didn't really get that weak. The lowest average OG got to in 1945 was 1034.54. That's only 2.5ยบ lower than average gravity from the mid-1950s to the 1980s.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-14319399354510215402021-12-16T17:33:07.759-08:002021-12-16T17:33:07.759-08:00What are the units here, Ron? If they're volum...What are the units here, Ron? If they're volumetric you can see why British consumption might have gone up, the beer got awfully weak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-89495369425588978862021-12-16T09:16:50.894-08:002021-12-16T09:16:50.894-08:00I wondered if the wartime bump in consumption in t...I wondered if the wartime bump in consumption in the Netherlands reflected high purchases by german troops and non-military personnel, but then Belgium went the other way and I have to assume they also had a ton of Germans there too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com