tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post4026537868440798319..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: League table of London Milds in the 1920'sRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-52412426729647586082014-02-14T08:22:25.628-08:002014-02-14T08:22:25.628-08:00Could you argue that the fact Watney's beer wa...Could you argue that the fact Watney's beer was good back then paved the way for them to become dominant in the 1960s and 70s? If it had been shite, they'd never have got to the point where they had enough cash to buy everyone else out.<br /><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/TheBeerFather/status/399985573760229376" rel="nofollow">Here's an interesting thing on the quality of Red Barrel unearthed by Ed Wray.</a> We really want someone to brew a clone so we can try it out of morbid curiosity.Baileyhttp://boakandbailey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-10937400203866470542014-02-13T07:26:37.788-08:002014-02-13T07:26:37.788-08:00Tom,
I never tried Red Barrel so I've no idea...Tom,<br /><br />I never tried Red Barrel so I've no idea. From what people said at the time it seems to have been pretty bad.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-63089268494665406322014-02-13T03:54:22.482-08:002014-02-13T03:54:22.482-08:00Was Red Barrel any worse than the keg bitters of t...Was Red Barrel any worse than the keg bitters of today?Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-26950423368332320412014-02-13T03:36:55.617-08:002014-02-13T03:36:55.617-08:00Dyranian,
they aren't mentioned in the Whitbr...Dyranian,<br /><br />they aren't mentioned in the Whitbread Gravity Book. Probably too small to have caught Whitbread's attention.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-41885571722535756062014-02-13T01:30:33.070-08:002014-02-13T01:30:33.070-08:00Just wondering, did you come across Michell & ...Just wondering, did you come across Michell & Aldous in Kilburn (taken over by Trumans c1920)while wandering around London at that time. Kilburn was my early stamping ground, many Truman pubs.dyranianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536752423680315050noreply@blogger.com