Total Brewery Numbers in decline
The 48th edition of the Campaign for Real Ale’s iconic Good Beer Guide 2021 highlights the first decline in the number of independent UK breweries. The Good Beer Guide 2021 went to print on 18 September 2020. The brewery closure data captures information up to the end of August 2020. We do not know of any brewery closures in teh North East in the last 12 months. Keep your fingers crossed.
Year
|
Number of breweries
|
1974
|
171
|
1983
|
209
|
1993
|
254
|
1997
|
389
|
1998
|
399
|
1999
|
435
|
2000
|
429
|
2001
|
448
|
2002
|
444
|
2003
|
465
|
2008
|
668
|
2009
|
711
|
2010
|
840
|
2011
|
1009
|
2012
|
1147
|
2013
|
1285
|
2015
|
1424
|
2016
|
1540
|
2017
|
1684
|
2018
|
1755
|
2019
|
1823
|
2020
|
1816
|
Post date
Thu, 05 Nov 2020
Last modified
Sat, 12 Dec 2020