tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post3162624537891431165..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Tied Houses in 1848Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-9692842716420930492010-01-13T06:45:53.872-08:002010-01-13T06:45:53.872-08:00Good point – that would also confirm another quote...Good point – that would also confirm another quote Ron posted somewhere on here about Guinness's acidity and "briskness" compared to the "balmy" London stout.Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-66420447414701947452010-01-13T00:46:59.033-08:002010-01-13T00:46:59.033-08:00Barm sweet does not always mean sweet in taste.
...Barm sweet does not always mean sweet in taste. <br /><br />I can also mean "not bitter, sour," Guinness is well know to have some lactic acid issues especially when bottle stouts where storing in heat for long periodsOblivioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184794716327407609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-41782279552563305992010-01-12T14:09:18.448-08:002010-01-12T14:09:18.448-08:00Can't shed any light on Meux's Dublin Refi...Can't shed any light on Meux's Dublin Refined, but while googling the name I hit upon a Singapore newspaper from 1912 where the statement appears (OCR sic): "London Stouts are sw*eter than Dublin Stoats and so den p-el rred". http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/TOC.aspx?issueid=straitstimes19120511<br />A can of worms re-opened?Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-87597936224900309822010-01-11T16:46:10.017-08:002010-01-11T16:46:10.017-08:00"Meux's Dublin Refined"
Eh? Meux..."Meux's Dublin Refined"<br /><br />Eh? Meux's was at the bottom of Totenham Court Road - some way from Dublin …Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-58028061073471228082010-01-11T15:06:15.019-08:002010-01-11T15:06:15.019-08:00I will modify my earlier comment, inasmuch as, cou...I will modify my earlier comment, inasmuch as, courtesy of the Interweb and according to the writings of Ian Spencer-Hornsey, the flood of beer filled the cellars of the terraced houses, undermined the foundations, and had to be demolished later. It seem that the tidal wave did not directly demolish the houses. Whoops!Graham Wheelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-68455623151004130032010-01-11T09:09:50.890-08:002010-01-11T09:09:50.890-08:00It was the Henry Meux brewery where one of their p...It was the Henry Meux brewery where one of their porter vats burst in 1814. It seems that the size of that vat was 7600 barrels. That would be 210,000 gallons of beer. The tidal wave demolished three terraced houses and killed eight people. It was, apparently, one of their smaller vats. <br /><br />I guess that there was a fair bit of binge drinking that day.Graham Wheelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-24670551831295121512010-01-11T00:38:52.448-08:002010-01-11T00:38:52.448-08:00The section about "six companies...produce al...The section about "six companies...produce also very large quantities, the issue of none being less than 100,000 barrels a-year, while it is double that quantity in several of the cases. Barclay, Perkins, and Co., last year manufactured 351,474 barrels of 36 gallons each" made me think about how that compares to today. Since Guinness closed the Park Royal brewery in 2005, I can only think of Fullers and Meantime as London porter brewers. I suspect it would take their combined output to float "a whole family in the next house clean out of doors" now.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.com