Temperance & Prohibition

The production of beer in the United States, 1870-1970

(1,000 barrels equals 31,000 U.S. gallons; for the period 1921-1933 only cereal beverages were permitted)

Source: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office,1975): pp. 689-91

Year	1,000 bbl
1870	6,600
1871	7,700
1872	8,700
1873	9,600
1874	9,600
1875	9,500
1876	9,900
1877	9,800
1878	10,200
1879	11,100
1880	13,300
1881	14,300
1882	17,000
1883	17,800
1884	19,000
1885	19,200
1886	20,700
1887	23,100
1888	24,700
1889	25,100
1890	27,600
1891	30,500
1892	31,900
1893	34,600
1894	33,400
1895	33,600
1896	35,900
1897	34,500
1898	37,500
1899	36,700
1900	39,500
1901	40,600
1902	44,600
1903	46,700
1904	48,300
1905	49,500
1906	54,700
1907	58,600
1908	58,800
1909	56,300
1910	59,500
1911	63,300
1912	62,200
1913	65,300
1914	66,200
1915	59,800
1916	58,600
1917	60,800
1918	50,300
1919	27,700
1920	9,200
1921	9,200
1922	6,300
1923	5,300
1924	4,900
1925	5,100
1926	4,900
1927	4,400
1928	4,200
1929	3,900
1930	3,681
1931	3,137
1932	2,766
1933	9,798
1934	37,678
1935	45,229
1936	51,812
1937	58,748
1938	56,340
1939	53,871
1940	54,892
1941	55,214
1942	63,717
1943	71,018
1944	81,726
1945	86,604
1946	84,978
1947	87,857
1948	91,291
1949	89,736
1950	88,807
1951	88,976
1952	89,601
1953	90,434
1954	92,561
1955	89,791
1956	90,698
1957	89,882
1958	89,011
1959	90,974
1960	94,548
1961	93,496
1962	96,418
1963	97,961
1964	103,018
1965	108,015
1966	109,736
1967	116,564
1968	117,524
1969	122,657
1970	134,654

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