tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post7928766929647721089..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Tied Houses in 1902Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-92027505249422252802010-01-30T11:38:31.150-08:002010-01-30T11:38:31.150-08:00Zythophile, last time I looked, Austria came top i...Zythophile, last time I looked, Austria came top in the breweries per head of population league. Though that was a couple of years ago. <br /><br />http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/austintr.htm<br /><br />Denmark would be higher today.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-80875625115920918772010-01-30T09:59:49.484-08:002010-01-30T09:59:49.484-08:00Jeez, I despair of my trade sometimes: the intro t...Jeez, I despair of my trade sometimes: the intro to the Independent article linked to by Matt says "Britain has more small breweries than any other major industrialised nation, according to the Good Beer Guide.", despite quoting the other RP a little further down the story as saying specifically that this is more breweries <i>per head</i>. IIRC, the US and Germany have more breweries (1,200 each) and I'm guessing Belgium has more per head - anyone have the figures? How does the Czech Rwpublic do? (Yes, I know I could look this up on the net myself, but ICBA.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-86957718338101344352010-01-29T03:40:26.507-08:002010-01-29T03:40:26.507-08:00Barm, yes.
In 1914 there were:
2,357 publican b...Barm, yes.<br /><br />In 1914 there were: <br /><br />2,357 publican brewers<br />179 brewers producing less than 1,000 barrels annually<br />1,111 brewers producing more than 1,000 barrels annually<br /><br />and in 1927:<br /><br />1,045 brewers producing less than 1,000 barrels annually (including publican brewers)<br />677 brewers producing more than 1,000 barrels annually<br /><br />So around 1,500 small breweries had closed and 423 larger breweries.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-40010608543594846782010-01-29T03:01:48.352-08:002010-01-29T03:01:48.352-08:00Would I be right in supposing that most of the 200...Would I be right in supposing that most of the 2000+ that closed between 1920 and 1940 were pubs that brewed for themselves?Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-35020274371086177182010-01-29T01:46:38.706-08:002010-01-29T01:46:38.706-08:00Matt, brewery numbers in the UK look very healthy....Matt, brewery numbers in the UK look very healthy. You have to back to 1944, when there were 741 breweries, to find the last time when there were more. <br /><br />The nadir was in 1976 when there were just 142.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-59470373706659136042010-01-29T01:05:00.973-08:002010-01-29T01:05:00.973-08:00Christopher Hutt's The Death of the English Pu...Christopher Hutt's <i>The Death of the English Pub</i> gives the figures for British breweries (measured by the number of licences to brew issued by Customs and Excise) for the middle half of the twentieth century:<br /><br />1920: 2,914<br />1930: 1,418<br />1940: 840<br />1950: 567<br />1960: 358<br />1970: 176<br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/british-brewery-numbers-soar-1784492.html" rel="nofollow">this article</a>, the figure is now back up to 711.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.com