tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post4483932837739368054..comments2024-03-28T03:54:26.782-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Let's Brew Wednesday - 1971 Whitbread TankardRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-91222531221095528532021-01-23T16:48:25.713-08:002021-01-23T16:48:25.713-08:00I was a dink (Australian) doing submarine training...I was a dink (Australian) doing submarine training at Portsmouth in 1969.whitbread Tankard was my favorite beer at the Golden fleece pub. Tankard must have been available before then. Great beer, great pub but probably a little rough by today's standards. Des Pettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015766964823928206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-38368229755165416772021-01-23T16:42:41.015-08:002021-01-23T16:42:41.015-08:00Hi, I was a dink (Australian) doing submarine trai...Hi, I was a dink (Australian) doing submarine training in Portsmouth 1969,witbread tanknkard at the Golden fleece was my favorite tipple. Had been available prior that date I would think but cannot say for sure. Great beer, great pub. Probably a little rough by today's standards. Des Pettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015766964823928206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-50852225861894294142013-12-24T01:13:44.523-08:002013-12-24T01:13:44.523-08:00Sam Tierney,
I forgot this one had torrefied barl...Sam Tierney,<br /><br />I forgot this one had torrefied barley in it.<br /><br />I go by 19th-century usage and in that sugar is a malt substitute, not an adjunct.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-46913380307509427282013-12-23T12:08:20.596-08:002013-12-23T12:08:20.596-08:00Just a comment about adjunct usage: even if you do...Just a comment about adjunct usage: even if you don't consider sugar an adjunct, (which all contemporary brewing texts I've seen will disagree with), torrified barley is most certainly an adjunct as it is not malted. So, Whitbread was most definitely using adjuncts if this recipe is accurate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-22363924131888427632013-12-13T06:22:00.521-08:002013-12-13T06:22:00.521-08:00Tom,
that's true. At one time there were a do...Tom,<br /><br />that's true. At one time there were a dozen or more different beers called Trophy.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-41135420736487633022013-12-10T07:36:20.282-08:002013-12-10T07:36:20.282-08:00That's a cracking beer name.That's a cracking beer name.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633304959830016489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-6429755967662970112013-12-04T21:38:59.432-08:002013-12-04T21:38:59.432-08:00When I was serving behind the bar in 1971 Titbred ...When I was serving behind the bar in 1971 Titbred Wankard Keg was a thin, astringent, and watery beer but seemed to have some devotees!Korevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837121239930238616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-59272150188000708122013-12-04T11:32:24.014-08:002013-12-04T11:32:24.014-08:00Not that it means piddle but I find records of Whi...Not that it means piddle but I find records of Whitbreads 'Tankard' ale well back into the early 1960's in both the Economist and International Brewer's journal. This above statement I have just written adds absolutely nothing to this conversation. :)Kristen Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212694853976179911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-14272351317070181532013-12-04T09:58:38.440-08:002013-12-04T09:58:38.440-08:00I keg the fuck out of almost all my homebrews.
I ...I keg the fuck out of almost all my homebrews.<br /><br />I will fizz this one up, if I make it, but I promise not to filter or pasteurize it.<br /><br />Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290967499580060041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-30734275362606634072013-12-04T08:51:05.657-08:002013-12-04T08:51:05.657-08:00Dispensing Whitbread Trophy in September 1968
&qu...Dispensing Whitbread Trophy in September 1968<br /><br />"Whitbread." Times [London, England] 17 Sept. 1968: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 4 Dec. 2013.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-75728827067004272462013-12-04T08:47:03.429-08:002013-12-04T08:47:03.429-08:00Your wrong about Trophy and Tankard first appearin...Your wrong about Trophy and Tankard first appearing in the 1970s.<br /><br />They're mentioned as showing strong growth in the Annual Statement ending March 31, 1969.<br /><br />Source: The Guardian (1959-2003) [London (UK)] 26 Aug 1969: 10.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-38973365703476088852013-12-04T08:37:16.489-08:002013-12-04T08:37:16.489-08:00I heard somewhere that Trophy was different all ac...I heard somewhere that Trophy was different all across the country, and was simply the flagship bitter of breweries that Whitbread had taken over, with a common branding.<br /><br />This might make sense, as the former Castle Eden Trophy exists today as "Trophy Special", brewed by Camerons, and independent from the InBev Trophy Bitter.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-77180303576139628412013-12-04T04:38:50.457-08:002013-12-04T04:38:50.457-08:003.5% sounds like Trophy.3.5% sounds like Trophy.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-56254487589046091522013-12-04T02:24:49.138-08:002013-12-04T02:24:49.138-08:00Trophy Bitter is still around at 3.6%.
Whitbread ...Trophy Bitter is still around at 3.6%.<br /><br />Whitbread Best Bitter is 3.5% ABV.<br /><br />I think the Mild is retired. It's not on any wholesale lists that I've seen. And the last rating of it on RateBeer was in 2007.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-12257818488890287502013-12-04T01:49:55.237-08:002013-12-04T01:49:55.237-08:00Seems to be around the 3.5% ABV mark.Seems to be around the 3.5% ABV mark.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-23099130487588403512013-12-04T01:45:20.074-08:002013-12-04T01:45:20.074-08:00Beer Nut,
how strong is the current keg Bitter? I...Beer Nut,<br /><br />how strong is the current keg Bitter? It's possible it could also be a reabdging of PA/Trophy.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-63652337745326589892013-12-04T01:39:36.495-08:002013-12-04T01:39:36.495-08:00I'd be interested to know the what-happens-nex...I'd be interested to know the what-happens-next part of the story: presumably at some point along the line Tankard evolved into the modern Whitbread keg bitter. Was it just a re-badging?The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.com