tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post1988001231522657888..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Bottlers fight backRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-43123974657969096042013-09-18T21:05:27.140-07:002013-09-18T21:05:27.140-07:00A possible explanation for the lower finishing gra...A possible explanation for the lower finishing gravity of the "B" beers would be that they were using the last few points to carbonate the beers in the bottle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-86241281416170326282013-09-06T06:40:53.120-07:002013-09-06T06:40:53.120-07:00I'm guessing that "offers no temptation&q...I'm guessing that "offers no temptation" means that you have to go to the effort of opening the bottle - and then finishing it - so you're not tempted to have a quick nip here and there. The 'temptation' reference is so brief, it obviously needed no explanation - perhaps temperance propaganda of the time talked about the perils of the nip at the jug?<br /><br />The 'intoxication' line sounds odd too - as if to say "Buy our beer, it won't get you drunk!" I'd hazard a guess that "intoxication" meant something closer to its etymological roots at the time - so he was actually saying that bottled beer wouldn't make you pass out in the gutter and wake up in your own sick. Although even that seems like quite a large claim.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-11695647807566855612013-09-06T02:55:26.819-07:002013-09-06T02:55:26.819-07:00Rod,
that's a good point. I'd forgotten a...Rod,<br /><br />that's a good point. I'd forgotten about that. I would imagine all the big Burton Pale Ale breweries operated in a similar way.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-31002379475753588222013-09-06T01:37:32.585-07:002013-09-06T01:37:32.585-07:00"It strikes me that both these correspondents..."It strikes me that both these correspondents stressed that they actively sought out the best brewings of Bass, Allsopp and Guinness to bottle. I wonder how that worked, exactly. Did they sample beer from a variety of casks before purchase? I'd sort of assumed that bottlers would place an order with Bass or whoever and have the beer delivered to their bottling stores. It sounds as if that wasn't the case"<br /><br />I'm certain that in the piece you quoted some time ago regarding a visit to Salt's beer stores within St Pancras there was a definite reference to tasting rooms, and the customers tasted the beers they were about to purchase.<br />Quite possibly other brewers had similar arrangements?Rodnoreply@blogger.com