tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post953476940809511036..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: AK in WW IRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-12527091304943899192013-01-30T17:38:16.631-08:002013-01-30T17:38:16.631-08:00Just to add that T&S describe three qualities ...Just to add that T&S describe three qualities of home-brewed ale and that while they say method of brewing is uniform, the results will vary depending on the materials used and water. Hard to say what the HB was like, perhaps like the best quality T&S described and perhaps brewed at the home of the brewery owner or one of his friends. <br /><br />That is what I think although too the term might have been an early demonstration of hard-boiled marketing and not denoted anything specific, this is possible.<br /><br />GaryGary Gillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-10457675055252421022013-01-30T17:23:35.089-08:002013-01-30T17:23:35.089-08:00I'd say the taste was what Thomson & Stewa...I'd say the taste was what Thomson & Stewart (mid-1800's) were referring to by this account:<br /><br />http://books.google.ca/books?id=_VoEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA292&dq=thomson+%26+stewart+home-brewed&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wcMJUbX2DoXD2QX7u4DIBg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=thomson%20%26%20stewart%20home-brewed&f=false<br /><br />It is no coincidence IMO that a noted 1800's brewing text devoted a rubric to a home-brewed taste and then the term pops up in this inventory of a country brewer. Home-brewed was par excellence the taste of the regions and indeed T&S claim the taste was uniform across the country. No doubt London and Edinburgh would have found it quaint.<br /><br />The home-brew pubs in turn might have sought to attain, or ended by attaining, this type of quality. A strong mild or old, yes, but with a particular savour of the country house brew, what Pamela Sambrook devoted a whole book to explicating. <br /><br />Now what was that? Probably something very rich but lightly acid I think, more acid probably than the commercial breweries would offer. That and/or a smack of brett to go with it.<br /><br />(I wonder if the young Sambrook running a noted brewpub in modern-day London is connected to Pamela Sambrook. Her son perhaps).<br /><br />Gary<br /><br />Gary Gillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-22693740115371882792013-01-30T04:39:27.837-08:002013-01-30T04:39:27.837-08:00Martyn, it definitely seems to be a sort of Strong...Martyn, it definitely seems to be a sort of Strong Mild or Old Ale.<br /><br />Talking of first with beer names, I recently found the most Norther;y Ak I've come across - from the Kirkstall Brewery.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-38107824226447783002013-01-30T01:20:46.752-08:002013-01-30T01:20:46.752-08:00If the Home Brewed was like the later beer brewed ...If the Home Brewed was like the later beer brewed under the same designation by George's of Bristol, it was in the brown ale/dark mild region: fascinating to see it mentioned here, the earliest listing for a beer under this name by a 'big' brewer I've seen. It was meant, apparently, to replicate the sort of beer made by home-brew pubs, of which the West Country was still a bastion before the First World War.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-74013360189531320152013-01-27T07:05:49.613-08:002013-01-27T07:05:49.613-08:00Any idea what the HB Home Brewed was like?Any idea what the HB Home Brewed was like?Stott Noblenoreply@blogger.com