tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post7429291915038912019..comments2024-03-29T07:54:08.898-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Oh dear once moreRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-81140094189025476452012-10-29T12:55:28.930-07:002012-10-29T12:55:28.930-07:00Rob,
1603 was the Union of Crowns when James VI b...Rob,<br /><br />1603 was the Union of Crowns when James VI became James VI and I. The kingdoms involved, England, Scotland and Ireland, retained their own parliaments, legal systems and customs - they were purely 'united' in the person of the monarch.<br /><br />1707 was when the Union of Parliaments occurred between the kingdoms of England and Scotland under the reign of Queen Anne - Ireland wouldn't be brought into the 'United Kingdom' at a legislative level until 1800.<br /><br />Prior to the Union of Parliaments Scots couldn't freely move and trade throughout the island of Great Britain, and vice versa for the English in Scotland - and most importantly gave Scots unimpeded access to the dominions and plantations of the new 'British Empire'.Velky Alhttp://www.fuggled.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-83466406199675338262012-10-27T09:41:19.974-07:002012-10-27T09:41:19.974-07:001707? Wouldnt is be 1603, when James VI added tha...1707? Wouldnt is be 1603, when James VI added that country to the south onto his realm?<br /><br />Im an American, so dont really know my UK history, is 1707 when parliaments merged or something?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290967499580060041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-54934237462866648512012-10-26T13:48:09.822-07:002012-10-26T13:48:09.822-07:00marquis,
my issue is not with the hops or the mal...marquis,<br /><br />my issue is not with the hops or the malt or whatever coming from England, it is the term 'import' - it suggests the crossing of political boundaries which simply do not exist (at the moment) in the United Kingdom and haven't since 1707.Velky Alhttp://www.fuggled.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-39441715557747505212012-10-26T11:42:48.837-07:002012-10-26T11:42:48.837-07:00"just because hops aren't grown in a regi..."just because hops aren't grown in a region doesn't mean brewers don't use them. Where are the hop fields in Staffordshire? Or Yorkshire?"<br /><br />No major hop yards in county louth as far as i am aware to brew the famous Drogheda aleOblivioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184794716327407609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-17001345574388818932012-10-26T11:37:29.430-07:002012-10-26T11:37:29.430-07:00Marquis, some Scottish brewers used all English ba...Marquis, some Scottish brewers used all English barley (they mostly malted it themselves). But others used a mix of Scottish, English and other (American, Middle Eastern, European) barley. Just been looking at lots of Maclay's records and at some points sfter WW II they were using all Scottish malt. Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-26807717299408794362012-10-26T08:17:48.976-07:002012-10-26T08:17:48.976-07:00Velky Al , from what I've read in Ron's bl...Velky Al , from what I've read in Ron's blog the Scots used exclusively English malt in brewing.<br /> So they would import malt from England but not hops...hmmmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-12636527725033899112012-10-26T06:39:00.995-07:002012-10-26T06:39:00.995-07:00I feel your pain...I feel your pain...Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04597416115513686122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-88341871145516347332012-10-26T05:41:48.805-07:002012-10-26T05:41:48.805-07:00the myth that gets my goat with Scottish beer is t...the myth that gets my goat with Scottish beer is that in the 19th century hops were used less because of the need to 'import' hops from England. <br /><br />I wasn't aware that in the United Kingdom there was a political border between England and Scotland which magically made hops more expensive.<br /><br />Sure transporting the hops from England might have added to the cost, but is expense was such an issue why did Scottish brewers bring in tons of Saaz hops from the then Austro-Hungarian Empire for there beer?<br /><br />Some people clearly don't ask the simple questions that blow silly myths to pieces.Alistair Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.com