From: edl@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Edwin A Lingel)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing
Subject: Current Beer Production
Date: 21 Aug 92 13:18:17 GMT




Bruce Hill recently posted a great list of brewing statistics 
from the 1903 version of the "Encyclopedia Americana".

Here are the production figures for 1989 and 1990. Unfortunately, 
I don't have any information on current numbers of breweries 
except for the US (approximately 324 micros, brewpubs, regional, 
and large breweries). 

These numbers come from the 1992 Brewers Resource Directory, 
available from the AHA. This is a great book, by the way, with 
lots of information including statistics for brewpubs and 
microbreweries, and brewpub regulations for every state in the 
US and province in Canada.  




                      BEER PRODUCTION, in 1000 Hectoliters
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|     COUNTRIES                 |   1903   |   1903  |   1989  |    1990  |
|                               | Breweries|         |         |          |
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| German Empire.................|  21,236  |  61,478 | 118,000 |  120,161 |
| Great Britain and Ireland.....|   8,196  |  57,825 |  65,541 |   66,153 |
| United States.................|   2,108  |  48,478 | 233,619 |  238,997 |
| Austria-Hungary...............|   1,662  |  20,823 |  18,588 |   19,423 |
| Canada, Australasia, Central  |          |         |         |          |
|   and South America and Mexico|  ------  |  14,278 | 359,736 |  385,084 |
| Belgium.......................|   3,057  |  10,365 |  13,166 |   14,141 |
| France........................|   2,546  |   9,249 |  20,900 |   21,398 |
| Russia........................|   1,136  |   4,863 |  56,000 |   50,000 |
| Denmark.......................|     324  |   1,855 |   8,600 |    8,510 |
| Switzerland...................|     304  |   1,803 |   4,133 |    4,170 |
| Sweden........................|     540  |   1,522 |   4,586 |    5,100 |
| Netherlands...................|     428  |   1,327 |  18,813 |   20,047 |
| Norway........................|      47  |     633 |   2,205 |    2,236 |
| British India.................|      39  |     411 |   1,723 |    3,300 |
| Luxembourg....................|      13  |     155 |     611 |      600 |
| Spain.........................|      36  |      86 |  27,337 |   27,315 |
| Greece........................|      12  |      82 |   3,700 |    3,700 |
| Italy.........................|      89  |      78 |  10,383 |   11,067 |
| Servia........................|      12  |      63 |     --- |      --- |
| Bulgaria......................|      21  |      58 |   7,000 |    6,000 |
| Roumania......................|      17  |     --- |  14,000 |   13,100 |
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| Total.........................|          | 235,432 | 956,298 |1,141,733 |
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   The numbers above for Canada, etc. are combined with all of 
   North, Central, and South America, minus the US, plus the 
   Far East, Australia and the South Pacific.

   The total world production for 1989 and 1990 includes Africa, 
   the Middle East, and some additional countries in Europe.


   I've also got some interesting information on "malt beverage
   consumption" for 1990.


   Total Malt Beverage Consumption, in 1000 gallons
   -------------------------------
1. California..........709,701
2. Texas...............483,477
3. Florida.............381,507
4. New York............367,567
5. Pennsylvania........306,239

   Per Capita Consumption, in gallons
   -------------------------------
1. Nevada..............40.2
2. New Hampshire.......32.9
3. Wisconsin...........30.5
4. Florida.............29.5
5. Hawaii..............29.3



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