tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post5701031249082427265..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: German brewing in the 1970’s – more statisticsRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-72034337135603718832015-01-13T04:07:07.443-08:002015-01-13T04:07:07.443-08:00A thought about the number for Belgium.
Belgium ha...A thought about the number for Belgium.<br />Belgium has an evergrowing number of "beerfirms" who have their beers brewed by other breweries. Some of those are even specialised in contract-brewing. So, we have a lot of new brews, but hardly new breweries. Piet_Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142899864827384796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-79976164304512892512015-01-13T01:22:45.715-08:002015-01-13T01:22:45.715-08:00Beer Nut,
there are two contradictory trends. at ...Beer Nut,<br /><br />there are two contradictory trends. at the top end, continued consolidation and brewing on an ever larger scale. At the bottom, ever more breweries brewing on a very modest scale.<br /><br />Oh, and there's a third trend: international giants buying smaller new breweries. Be interesting to see where that takes us.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-81788810643593014062015-01-13T01:13:19.637-08:002015-01-13T01:13:19.637-08:00There's another interesting story in that, of ...There's another interesting story in that, of the 7 Irish breweries in 1974, only two were still operational at the end of 2013. The seven were all owned by multinational corporations and they've been on a massive consolidation binge since the beginning of the 21st century. I'd guess it's the same for the UK numbers, and other places too.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.com