tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post3576607083485505430..comments2024-03-28T06:20:10.699-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Dutch beer consumption 1938 - 1954Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-18340501239829752012021-12-16T08:23:11.839-08:002021-12-16T08:23:11.839-08:00Rob Sterowski,
disappointingly, the numbers aren&...Rob Sterowski,<br /><br />disappointingly, the numbers aren't broken down by country. While imports are.<br /><br />Having seen Heineken records from the period, I'd say a high percentage to the USA and quite a lot to the UK. Hang on. I have the UK imports by country. 9,560 barrels in 1954, so around 16,000 hl.<br />Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-34341040110847460762021-12-16T08:17:22.238-08:002021-12-16T08:17:22.238-08:00Michael Foster,
See today's post putting thos...<br />Michael Foster,<br /><br />See today's post putting those numbers into context.<br /><br />https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2021/12/beer-consumption-per-capita-1937-1954.html<br /><br />It's only in the 1960s and 1970s that Holland became a major beer-drinking country.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-14313569018012160612021-12-14T02:43:18.736-08:002021-12-14T02:43:18.736-08:00Well, it looks like the Dutch had a greatly increa...Well, it looks like the Dutch had a greatly increased thirst for beer between 1939 and 1944.StuartPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-30203966336293840412021-12-13T16:20:31.717-08:002021-12-13T16:20:31.717-08:00These numbers seem incredibly low--the Netherlands...These numbers seem incredibly low--the Netherlands now consumes 79.3 liters per capita according to Wikipedia (2019 data), whereas these numbers would put them at around the level of China or Thailand.Michael Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16139526716967128297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-89217771808035164352021-12-13T15:55:41.458-08:002021-12-13T15:55:41.458-08:00Where were the exports going to, do you know? Where were the exports going to, do you know? Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-37836445741597308012021-12-13T06:04:49.127-08:002021-12-13T06:04:49.127-08:00Do you have any sense how liquor availability affe...Do you have any sense how liquor availability affected any of this? I wonder whether distilling was diverted for military or war industry purposes, for example, and how quickly liquor came back on the market to compete with beer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com