tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post2295858622324846818..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Gardening made easy!Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-1515202637862383682013-07-15T14:03:39.236-07:002013-07-15T14:03:39.236-07:00Thomas,
1816 to 1880 malt, hops and water (after ...Thomas,<br /><br />1816 to 1880 malt, hops and water (after 1847 also sugar) only were allowed. Yes, it was illegal to commercially produce a fruit beer.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-7562798185654216282013-07-15T10:27:15.549-07:002013-07-15T10:27:15.549-07:00Your comment about picking raspberries begs the qu...Your comment about picking raspberries begs the question as to why there are no indigenous British fruit beers.<br /><br />Certainly, there are "beer cocktails" like shandy, "lemon and lager" or the feared and despised "snakebite/diesel", but nothing like the Belgian fruit Lambics or Witbier (if you count citrus peel as being fruit).<br /><br />Where there once British fruit beers which have gone the way of Vatted Porter? Were there laws that made it impossible for fruit beers to be brewed commercially? Is there something about British beer and/or pub culture which makes fruit beer unpopular except for juice added at dispense?<br /><br />Thomas Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690406917090625790noreply@blogger.com