tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post5354754712953268352..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Bottled vs draught vs kegRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-88857712607332635552011-02-17T18:17:50.736-08:002011-02-17T18:17:50.736-08:00I am sure you have probably come across this but j...I am sure you have probably come across this but just in case.<br /><br />http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/118/bh-118-002.html<br /><br />Brilliant to the last drop: The first British keg ale?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-71813213253064970192011-02-16T04:34:57.934-08:002011-02-16T04:34:57.934-08:00That's not the point — all it's supposed t...That's not the point — all it's supposed to prove is that technology did exist to artificially carbonate liquids.Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-35844035428098037872011-02-14T13:45:12.113-08:002011-02-14T13:45:12.113-08:00Barm -
I'm obliged to you, but this is a domes...Barm -<br />I'm obliged to you, but this is a domestic-scale apparatus, allowing you to carbonate drinking water at home.<br />Is this really how they proposed to carbonate vast quantities of beer in the brewery?Rodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-81151023547476578162011-02-13T04:14:56.795-08:002011-02-13T04:14:56.795-08:00Rod, here is a description of an apparatus which w...Rod, here is a <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=sVtHAAAAYAAJ&dq=carbonic%20acid%20beer%20apparatus&pg=PA694#v=onepage&q=carbonic%20acid%20beer%20apparatus&f=false" rel="nofollow">description</a> of an apparatus which was used in the early nineteenth century to carbonate soda-water — by the middle of the century soda-water and other artificially carbonated beverages were quite popular. Presumably someone experimented with using the same process on beer ... presumably it also didn't work very well.Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-19187347572767702962011-02-13T00:51:40.578-08:002011-02-13T00:51:40.578-08:00I'd be interested to know how they did it in 1...I'd be interested to know how they did it in 1866 too - force carbonisation isn't difficult if you have a supply of carbon dioxide under pressure and a tank which will hold pressure.<br />But did they have those things?Rodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-58911025120343607052011-02-12T11:30:32.616-08:002011-02-12T11:30:32.616-08:00I'm just amazed that they could force carbonat...I'm just amazed that they could force carbonate in 1866.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129472719929268755noreply@blogger.com