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This reminds me of a graph of breweries in America over the last 100+ years. I think the line started around 3k or 4k breweries across America around 1900, rea
by anonu 6y ago
This reminds me of a graph of breweries in America over the last 100+ years.
I think the line started around 3k or 4k breweries across America around 1900, reached an all-time low in the 1970-1990s and now were back up to where we started.
Of course, the story here is refrigeration. When refrigeration was not common place, you needed a lot of breweries near consumption.
I'm also thankful for the variety of beer options we have today.
edit: this might have been the image I remember - but theres no data source mentioned: https://vinepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/historical-breweries-chart.png https://vinepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/historical-b...
- wing-_-nuts 6y ago>Of course, the story here is refrigeration. When refrigeration was not common place, you needed a lot of breweries near consumption. Uh beer doesn't have to be refrigerated? England has a long history of drinking warm beer. Hell, they even hopped it up to ship it all the way to india (months!) without it spoiling.
- JohnWhigham 6y agoBut the industry has slowly been going the way the tech industry has for some time now. AB InBev and friends have been buying up the big breweries left and right.