WW I and the Netherlands

Or the Dutch brewing industry. Remember that post from a couple of days ago about U-boats and Amstel? I mentioned the surprisingly large impact on the neutral Netherlands.

I thought I had some numbers somewhere to demonstrate that impact. I did. And I've gathered them up for you, like sticklebacks in a net. The number of breweries in the UK and the Netherlands 1895 to 1930. I knew this stuff would come in handy one day.

First, the Netherlands:

Dutch breweries by province
	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930
Noord-Brabant	241	214	191	72	65
Gelderland	42	31	27	13	10
Zuid-Holland	35	25	24	14	-
Noord-Holland	22	19	17	12	10
Zeeland	36	33	31	25	25
Utrecht	12	7	7	4	3
Overijssel	10	9	7	3	3
Friesland	2	2	2	2	2
Groningen	20	16	14	1	1
Drenthe	1	1	1	0	0
Limburg	236	216	201	77	66
Total:	657	574	522	223	198
Sources:
Nederlands Etiketten Logboek, 1998

Note the big drop between 1910 and 1920.

Now here's the UK:

UK breweries 1890 - 1930
	1890	1900	1905	1910	1914	1920	1930
<1000 barrels	9,986	4,759	3,787		2,536
>1000 barrels	2,014	1,531	1,393		1,111
total	12,000	6,290	5,180	4,512	3,647	2,914	1,418
Sources:
"Journal of the Institute of Brewing, vol 7", 1901, page 64
BBPA Statistical Handbook 2003, p. 92
Brewers' Almanack 1955 p.69

See? Between 1910 and 1920 57% of Dutch breweries closed and only 35% of UK breweries.

Looks to me like WW I was worse for Dutch brewing than British.