tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post2195247797563766099..comments2024-03-29T03:17:49.172-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Horst againRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-45528539144377723482011-10-23T10:01:57.942-07:002011-10-23T10:01:57.942-07:00Derek, thanks very much.Derek, thanks very much.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-23837410950445515082011-10-23T09:33:50.655-07:002011-10-23T09:33:50.655-07:00http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2010/02/casks-i...http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2010/02/casks-in-18th-century.html<br /><br />"Never put this fine beer into a new cask : the true way to prepare the vessels for it, is to scald them very well, over and over, and then keep one or two brewings of good small beer in them. These will thoroughly season the cask ; and after this nothing will be required, but such through good cleaning as may be given by boiling water, and a little hard broom."<br /><br />"The complete English brewer" by George Watkins, 1773, pages 101-103.Derekhttp://igglesblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-17834899769273703972011-10-22T09:50:36.850-07:002011-10-22T09:50:36.850-07:00No, it was about putting Running Stout into a new ...No, it was about putting Running Stout into a new barrel the first couple of times to get rid of the wood taste.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-42292065896788213162011-10-22T06:53:01.597-07:002011-10-22T06:53:01.597-07:00Seasoning - was it linked with this one?
barclaype...Seasoning - was it linked with this one?<br />barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2010/04/lining-casks-with-pitch.htmlathelstanbreweryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437552399195069856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-80886902755691123112011-10-21T10:56:29.368-07:002011-10-21T10:56:29.368-07:00I too am not qualified to judge Horsts work (as Ro...I too am not qualified to judge Horsts work (as Ron and Martyn are)but the question has to be asked when writing a work that aimed to stand next to the exemplary Oxford Companion to Wine, were the two most notable experts on British (and Irish) brewing history and beer styles, not asked to oversee those entries. I'm just glad Pete Brown did IPA rather than Dornbusch!The Beer Wranglerhttp://www.beerwrangler.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-66225248901733045922011-10-21T09:50:46.934-07:002011-10-21T09:50:46.934-07:00I do enjoy these dissections. I'm finally sta...I do enjoy these dissections. I'm finally starting to get good at spotting the mistakes, too. I'm still not qualified to judge Horst's body of work, but this seems like a poor showing. The interesting thing is that old ales, a category more than a style, are relatively easy to handle. They were strong, aged, and ultimately affected by wildness (based on what I've read here). Dornbusch seems to unnecessarily toss in stuff that he needn't even gone near.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-86675456611424122602011-10-21T09:39:39.080-07:002011-10-21T09:39:39.080-07:00dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum
HORST!
aah-aaah!
H...dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum<br />HORST!<br />aah-aaah!<br />He's inaccurate!The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-81618594655911391812011-10-21T08:11:08.693-07:002011-10-21T08:11:08.693-07:00Don't forget that it's not at all easy to ...Don't forget that it's not at all easy to check these things on Planet Dornbusch. Remember, he believes there are no surviving brewery records before the 20th century.Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-10140067153517883362011-10-21T06:47:52.067-07:002011-10-21T06:47:52.067-07:00He is obsessed with this stuff about making strong...He is obsessed with this stuff about making strong ale from the first runnings alone. He repeats the same thing in the article on Scotland. He thinks that's what Heavy is. That alone ought to disqualify him from writing about Scottish beer.Barmhttp://refreshingbeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com