I was in a pub last night discussing the staggering number of English breweries. 1800 or so on our site, and then got onto the number in Greater London. I always thought it was a big number, but everyone was surprised how few breweries there were based on the population of England compared to that of Greater London.
So I have done a quick table showing population per brewery for each county. I was surprised which came out top.
Surrey’s stats may possibly be slightly better because the last time I looked one commissioner was still showing a West Sussex address. But they’re not a real brewery are they. And not surprised to see how poor the results are - it’s all sparkly wine and Coors Lite around here.
The guy who does London Beer Guide only includes physical brewries but he also includes breweries more than once if they have more than one brewery location.
i) rent in London … has never been that many breweries historically due to land cost when compared to other regions and also take into account land mass compared to say Lincolnshire or one of the quarterised Yorkshires.
ii) when I moved to London in 2002 there were maybe 5 or 6 breweries in G London. Has any other region expanded as rapidly in the past 15 or so years?
Can’t believe how low the population of Buckinghamshire is. I’m sure more people than that try to go through Wycombe’s Handy Cross junction each night.
I have always stated that ‘Shropshire has too many breweries for the population’.
It sits mid-table with one brewery per 19,923 people according to the list. I stand by my belief that it’s too many for all of them to make a decent living and survive in the long term.
Originally from London (family still there) so go back pretty often, so not surprised here. Seems always a new brewery popping up whenever back visiting. Long may it continue
I saw that were planning to open when I was staying in Sandown a couple of months ago, but there’s been precious little info since, at least that I could find…
