I'd planned pointing out all sorts of clever stuff. Then I thought: you're not stupid. You can see it for yourself. Why should I condescendingly lead you by the hand?
| Change in Beer production in the German customs area 1872 - 1881 | ||||||
| Year | Reichssteuergebiet | Bayern | Württemberg | |||
| hl | % change | hl | % change | hl | % change | |
| 1872 | 16,102,179 | 10,905,836 | 4,197,274 | |||
| 1873 | 19,654,903 | 22.06% | 11,256,208 | 3.21% | 3,995,056 | -4.82% |
| 1874 | 20,494,914 | 4.27% | 12,079,760 | 7.32% | 3,596,144 | -9.99% |
| 1875 | 21,358,228 | 4.21% | 12,084,910 | 0.04% | 3,662,418 | 1.84% |
| 1876 | 20,873,379 | -2.27% | 12,347,153 | 2.17% | 3,879,006 | 5.91% |
| 1877/78 | 20,360,491 | -2.46% | 12,205,377 | -1.15% | 3,801,519 | -2.00% |
| 1878/79 | 20,371,925 | 0.06% | 12,122,483 | -0.68% | 3,067,305 | -19.31% |
| 1879/80 | 19,984,613 | -1.90% | 12,152,532 | 0.25% | 3,172,634 | 3.43% |
| 1880/81 | 21,136,031 | 5.76% | 11,821,915 | -2.72% | 3,396,292 | 7.05% |
| 1881/1882 | 19,244,000 | -8.95% | 11,826,000 | 0.03% | 3,396,000 | -0.01% |
| change 1872 - 1882 | 19.51% | 8.44% | -19.09% | |||
| 1885/86 | 22,105,000 | 14.87% | 12,655,000 | 7.01% | 2,879,000 | -15.22% |
| 1890/91 | 29,374,000 | 32.88% | 14,427,000 | 14.00% | 3,508,000 | 21.85% |
| 1891/92 | 29,695,000 | 1.09% | 14,490,000 | 0.44% | 3,454,000 | -1.54% |
| change 1882 - 1892 | 54.31% | 22.53% | 1.71% | |||
| 1892/93 | 30,186,000 | 1.65% | 15,104,000 | 4.24% | 3,749,000 | 8.54% |
| 1893/94 | 31,290,000 | 3.66% | 15,025,000 | -0.52% | 3,478,000 | -7.23% |
| 1894/95 | 30,916,000 | -1.20% | 15,186,000 | 1.07% | 3,493,000 | 0.43% |
| 1895/96 | 34,337,000 | 11.07% | 16,034,000 | 5.58% | 3,885,000 | 11.22% |
| 1896/97 | 34,904,000 | 1.65% | 16,206,000 | 1.07% | 3,796,000 | -2.29% |
| 1897/98 | 37,707,000 | 8.03% | 16,982,000 | 4.79% | 4,100,000 | 8.01% |
| 1898/99 | 38,465,000 | 2.01% | 17,455,000 | 2.79% | 4,069,000 | -0.76% |
| 1899/1900 | 39,320,000 | 2.22% | 17,739,000 | 1.63% | 4,128,000 | 1.45% |
| change 1892 - 1900 | 32.41% | 22.42% | 19.51% | |||
| change 1882 - 1900 | 104.32% | 50.00% | 21.55% | |||
| change 1872 - 1900 | 144.19% | 62.66% | -1.65% | |||
| Source: | ||||||
| Jahresbericht über die Leistungen der chemischen Technologie 1882, 1883, page 871. | ||||||
| https://archive.org/stream/jahresberichtbe02gottgoog#page/n900/mode/2up | ||||||
| Change in Beer production in the German customs area 1872 - 1881 | ||||||
| Year | Baden | Alsace-Lorraine | Total | |||
| hl | % change | hl | % change | hl | % change | |
| 1872 | 926,957 | 812,454 | 32,944,700 | |||
| 1873 | 1,094,634 | 18.09% | 987,752 | 21.58% | 36,988,553 | 12.27% |
| 1874 | 1,133,865 | 3.58% | 889,191 | -9.98% | 38,193,874 | 3.26% |
| 1875 | 1,066,661 | -5.93% | 763,313 | -14.16% | 38,935,530 | 1.94% |
| 1876 | 1,050,841 | -1.48% | 706,694 | -7.42% | 38,857,073 | -0.20% |
| 1877/78 | 1,098,500 | 4.54% | 803,136 | 13.65% | 38,269,023 | -1.51% |
| 1878/79 | 1,085,020 | -1.23% | 787,905 | -1.90% | 37,434,638 | -2.18% |
| 1879/80 | 1,085,655 | 0.06% | 788,542 | 0.08% | 37,183,976 | -0.67% |
| 1880/81 | 1,155,450 | 6.43% | 982,659 | 24.62% | 38,492,347 | 3.52% |
| 1881/1882 | 1,155,000 | -0.04% | 932,000 | -5.16% | 36,663,000 | -4.75% |
| change 1872 - 1882 | 24.60% | 14.71% | 11.29% | |||
| 1885/86 | 1,244,000 | 7.71% | 691,000 | -25.86% | 39,822,000 | 8.62% |
| 1890/91 | 1,679,000 | 34.97% | 837,000 | 21.13% | 49,925,000 | 25.37% |
| 1891/92 | 1,643,000 | -2.14% | 875,000 | 4.54% | 50,268,000 | 0.69% |
| change 1882 - 1892 | 42.25% | -6.12% | 37.11% | |||
| 1892/93 | 1,714,000 | 4.32% | 912,000 | 4.23% | 51,795,000 | 3.04% |
| 1893/94 | 1,710,000 | -0.23% | 907,000 | -0.55% | 52,528,000 | 1.42% |
| 1894/95 | 1,728,000 | 1.05% | 869,000 | -4.19% | 52,311,000 | -0.41% |
| 1895/96 | 1,914,000 | 10.76% | 997,000 | 14.73% | 57,299,000 | 9.54% |
| 1896/97 | 2,192,000 | 14.52% | 937,000 | -6.02% | 48,169,000 | -15.93% |
| 1897/98 | 2,741,000 | 25.05% | 964,000 | 2.88% | 62,649,000 | 30.06% |
| 1898/99 | 2,947,000 | 7.52% | 1,058,000 | 9.75% | 64,164,000 | 2.42% |
| 1899/1900 | 3,095,000 | 5.02% | 1,128,000 | 6.62% | 65,621,000 | 2.27% |
| change 1892 - 1900 | 88.37% | 28.91% | 30.54% | |||
| change 1882 - 1900 | 167.97% | 21.03% | 78.98% | |||
| change 1872 - 1900 | 233.89% | 38.84% | 99.19% | |||
| Source: | ||||||
| Jahresbericht über die Leistungen der chemischen Technologie 1882, 1883, page 871. | ||||||
| https://archive.org/stream/jahresberichtbe02gottgoog#page/n900/mode/2up | ||||||
Must be pretty obvious what's important. Don't disappoint me by asking questions.
OK, I'll tell you a bit. In the whole Empire beer production almost exactly dubbled between
Biggest loser was Württemberg, where output actually fell. While neighbouring Baden saw massive growth, especially after 1890 and was clsoing in on Württemberg. Bayern also lost ground, with growth 36 points below average.
My conclusions? A shift in the focus of German brewing from the South to the North. But also a period of general quite rapid growth of beer output.
Any idea on exports in that time, might explain the Northern growth since it is closer to the ports.
ReplyDeleteSmall, momentarily confusing typo in the second line after the charts, "beer production almost exactly dubbled between 1882 and 1900." 1882 should be 1972. Fissured that out by rereading the title.
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to know how the population changed over time in each area. I think that the huge emigration of Germans during this period was from a few areas, not uniformly from the entire empire.
Jeff,
ReplyDeleteI've fixed that.
Thomas,
ReplyDeleteI don't have export figures for every year:
1881/82 890,000 hl
1885/86 1,249,000 hl
1880 to 1900 600,000 to 800,000 hl
So I don't think exports explain the rise.