tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post8113916813826185143..comments2024-03-29T03:17:49.172-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Let's Brew Wednesday - 1936 Perry XX StoutRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-33327163795568405312020-04-22T06:31:03.744-07:002020-04-22T06:31:03.744-07:00Perry's was an ale specialist from at least th...Perry's was an ale specialist from at least the end of the 19th century, and indeed had a Royal Warrant to supply ale to Queen Vic, Ed VII and George V when they were in Ireland, so no big surprise that ale brewings outnumbered stout brewings.<br /><br />Those Oregons, I suspect, may well have been Fuggles rather than Cluster: in 1930 Oregon hop growers still had 11 per cent of their acreage devoted to the Fuggle, and a report in 1931 said that Fuggles were grown in Oregon "primarily for the English and Canadian markets."Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.com