tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post200340464557789265..comments2024-03-28T06:20:10.699-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: London vs Edinburgh system of brewingRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-73501915341583261562011-10-21T02:43:11.624-07:002011-10-21T02:43:11.624-07:00Martyn, looking more closely at the picture of the...Martyn, looking more closely at the picture of the Watney's pontos, there seem to be header tanks along the one wall. Maybe they were topping up automatically, too. Not surprising, considering how many casks they have in that room.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-22990899808309330272011-10-21T02:32:07.196-07:002011-10-21T02:32:07.196-07:00"Pontos … needed to be topped up manually.&q...<i>"Pontos … needed to be topped up manually."</i><br /><br />I was in the British Library yesterday looking at the "brewing" section of the 1877 version of <i>Chemistry, theoretical, practical, and analytical, as applied to the arts and manufactures: By writers of eminence</i>, edited by CW Vincent, and it had a drawing of a set of pontos with one "header" cask set higher, for the purpose of topping up the other pontos automatically. So at least occasionally the manual topping up had been eliminated.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com