tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post2638146704940811367..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: The connection between Flowers and HammondsRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-14657854160567436892022-01-10T06:41:24.480-08:002022-01-10T06:41:24.480-08:00FWIW, the early enzymic malt patents date from 192...FWIW, the early enzymic malt patents date from 1929 in the name of Thomas Robert Dixon, Bernard Dixon only seems to start patenting in the area from 1961, around the time that TRD seems to have died. This early patent gives an idea of the process - it seems to be based on the idea that acid helps release the contents of the seed, and TRD had a process to kickstart the process with lactic acid, but then to generate more lactic as part of the process<br /><br />https://patents.google.com/patent/US1914244A/en?assignee=Enzymic+Malt<br /><br />There's various related companies :<br />BERNARD DIXON & PARTNERS 00660886 (formerly DIXON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED), incorporated in May 1960 and still active<br />The DIXON MALT COMPANY LIMITED 00249332 (formerly the ENZYMIC MALT COMPANY LIMITED) founded 1930 and still active<br /><br />The ENZYMIC MALT COMPANY LIMITED 00432418 (formerly the DIXON MALT COMPANY LIMITED) founded in 1947 and wound up in 2020. <br />qqnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-78093441775403525382015-10-16T07:32:14.161-07:002015-10-16T07:32:14.161-07:00The oversize head was southern too (or is, I hope ...The oversize head was southern too (or is, I hope still): the pint of thinnish (low CO2) beer was filled almost to brim and a cauliflower head spread over the top and around. I always liked this as it denoted a fresh pint. As the head was loose and airy it subsided quickly with little spillage although a bit might come down the side of the glass. Some of the 30's draught beer ads show beer with this look.<br /><br />Froth-blowing, not the most creditable (in my opinion) tradition amongst the many arcane practices of beer drinkers, has an old history. In the interwar years, a charitable group existed called Ancient Order of Froth Blowers, described in this Wikipedia entry with surprising detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Order_of_Froth_Blowers<br /><br />One of the footnotes suggests a modern group with a similar name carries on the tradition.<br /><br />Note the humorous illustration in the Wikipedia piece showing a John Bull-type blowing the froth off his beer.<br /><br />Gary Gillman<br /><br />Gary Gillmanhttp://www.beeretseq.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-26676269944044755532015-10-16T04:38:07.413-07:002015-10-16T04:38:07.413-07:00The oversized head towered above the rim of the gl...The oversized head towered above the rim of the glass is still common and traditional practice in Hartlepool. Never seen it done elsewhere however.Thom Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769973975420792914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-54082456871388560822015-10-16T04:33:17.824-07:002015-10-16T04:33:17.824-07:00And there I was, wondering why there were so many ...And there I was, wondering why there were so many former Bass houses in the Durham pit communities, with adverts for Stones Best Bitter and Carling Black Label outside them.Thom Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769973975420792914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-48541005201799871652015-10-16T01:42:49.316-07:002015-10-16T01:42:49.316-07:00Re ice cream cone heads, it's still going on -...Re ice cream cone heads, it's still going on - I had a head like that on a pint of Cameron's Strongarm in Hartlepool last year. I had no idea what to do with it & just let it stand till it'd subsided. It seemed to have kicked so much gas out of the liquid that the actual beer was practically flat, by the time I got to it - which suited the flavour of Strongarm surprisingly well.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.com