tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post8107590027595744788..comments2024-03-28T06:20:10.699-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Messrs. Salt and Co. (part one)Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-66116684117616520842011-04-20T07:03:49.182-07:002011-04-20T07:03:49.182-07:00Thomas Barnes, a couple of things hit breweries. I...Thomas Barnes, a couple of things hit breweries. Increased taxation to pay for the Boer War and legislation that allowed licensing authorities to close pretty much any pub they chose.<br /><br />Beer production fell from 60,724,628 barrels in 1900 to 56,133,867 in 1910. Over the same period the population of the UK grew from 41,154,646 to 44,911,346. <br /><br />The number of pubs in England and Wales fell from 102,189 in 1900 to 92,484 in 1910.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-63833887090279649642011-04-20T06:13:15.394-07:002011-04-20T06:13:15.394-07:00Thomas Barnes said...
"Downturn in the beer t...Thomas Barnes said...<br />"<i>Downturn in the beer trade after 1900? Problems with the trade due to the [2nd] Boer War? I never knew. Please tell more.</i><br /><br />I do not think that it was a downturn in the beer trade as such, but a downturn in breweries. The Burton brewers neglected to buy tied pubs; they expected their beer to continue to sell purely on merit.<br /><br />About that time there was a pub buying spree; the big London brewers in particular were buying every pub that they could get their hands on. This gradually excluded the Burton brewers from more and more outlets. <br /><br />The majors were brewing their own versions of Burton beers and they expanded their breweries to cope. This caused serious over-capacity in brewing and those breweries without sufficient tied houses were hit hard. Almost 5,000 breweries closed in that period even though consumption increased by 20%.Graham Wheelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-50815173464826153772011-04-20T00:06:39.113-07:002011-04-20T00:06:39.113-07:00Downturn in the beer trade after 1900?
Problems wi...Downturn in the beer trade after 1900?<br />Problems with the trade due to the [2nd] Boer War? I never knew. Please tell more.<br /><br />@StuartP: You have a filthy mind. Sperm candles were made from sperm whale spermaceti - sort of a natural equivalent of paraffin wax.Thomas Barnesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-49900574028476623232011-04-19T13:46:26.638-07:002011-04-19T13:46:26.638-07:00Interesting items on the sales list: not much cal...Interesting items on the sales list: not much call for 'sperm candles' these days.<br />Probably best not to do a web search on that subject.StuartPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748038209546648459noreply@blogger.com