tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post7786234438246746292..comments2024-03-18T16:40:32.561-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Light Ale in the 1950’sRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-24617070534057286802015-04-21T00:18:01.220-07:002015-04-21T00:18:01.220-07:00David,
Light Ale was pretty much always a bottled...David,<br /><br />Light Ale was pretty much always a bottled-only beer.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-32012620277657953392015-04-15T05:52:09.373-07:002015-04-15T05:52:09.373-07:00Excellent timing. I was just talking about the his...Excellent timing. I was just talking about the history of bitter/pale ale with a friend the other day and he asked me if I had heard of Light and Bitter (which I hadn't). He told me that it was "still popular, at least among the working class, sewer-cleaning, cribbage playing, co-workers I knew in the late 1970s in London."BrianWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591707058246430474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-35822787024340242332015-04-15T03:58:50.012-07:002015-04-15T03:58:50.012-07:00I had two posh Light and Bitter variants in my you...I had two posh Light and Bitter variants in my younger day -<br /><br />Ram and Spesh (bottled Ramrod and Youngs Special) and Directors' and Bulldog (Directors' Bitter and bottled Courage Bulldog).<br /><br />Wish Bulldog was still available - the nearest I get now is a bottle of John Martin's Pale Ale once in a while in Belgium.Rodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-14310226167797054302015-04-14T12:39:27.602-07:002015-04-14T12:39:27.602-07:00In the Ealing film, Saloon Bar (1940), I remember ...In the Ealing film, Saloon Bar (1940), I remember that whenever someone asked for a light ale, they got a bottle. There were two pubs in the film; it might have been in the more upmarket one where they got the bottles, but I could be wrong here. Most of the action took place in the less fancy pub. They also had crisps as a pub snack, but called them chips.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-35771039533066540822015-04-14T07:38:56.665-07:002015-04-14T07:38:56.665-07:00Phil,
it's light as opposed to heavy. But, Li...Phil,<br /><br />it's light as opposed to heavy. But, Light Dinner Ales appeared when everything except Porter and Stout was pale. And they were types Pale Ale. Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-69504988592232109202015-04-14T03:25:39.279-07:002015-04-14T03:25:39.279-07:00Here's a question: light ale as opposed to wha...Here's a question: light ale as opposed to what? The Scottish dark-coloured 'light ales' were almost certainly light as opposed to heavy, not as opposed to dark. ('Light' and 'light' are two distinct words with separate etymologies - compare other languages.) Was 'light (dinner) ale' similarly light in the sense of lacking ponderousness, to quote the OED? If so we'd expect colour to be all over the place.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-58649066833251668762015-04-14T03:22:42.583-07:002015-04-14T03:22:42.583-07:00Adnams used to do a bottled beer called Champion P...Adnams used to do a bottled beer called Champion Pale Ale, which, in the 1960's, came in pint and half-pint crown capped bottles. I don't know when they first brewed it, but I seem to remember it in the 50's. The label had a horse's head on it, so there were plenty of comments about Champion the Wonder Horse, the horse's waste products and so forth. They were a bit unfair, as it was a pretty good beer; my mother in Suffolk used to get in a dozen or two when I came home for the weekend, and they didn't last long. Some batches were a little volatile, and consignments of exploding bottles weren't unknown.Yallerironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781673806398065281noreply@blogger.com