Die Entwicklung des Berliner Flaschenbiergeschäfts

The work offers a close‑up look at Berlin’s bottled‑beer trade at the turn of the century, using first‑hand interviews with dozens of independent brewers. Drawing on detailed questionnaires filled out from conversations with 46 shop owners across the city, it paints a vivid picture of how small, family‑run stalls were gradually squeezed out by emerging large‑scale distributors.

Beyond the raw data, the author situates this shift within the broader sweep of German economic change, where the rise of big enterprises reshaped both consumer habits and the livelihoods of countless artisans. The study balances statistical insight with personal anecdotes, revealing the pressures faced by modest merchants and the strategies they employed to survive. Readers will come away with a nuanced understanding of how a once‑thriving niche market was transformed by industrial forces, while still retaining glimpses of the everyday lives behind the bottles.