tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post268614478440009978..comments2024-03-29T03:17:49.172-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Drinking KegRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-66900284733150598402013-04-25T05:17:13.956-07:002013-04-25T05:17:13.956-07:00I usually visit Gib once a year to visit friends o...I usually visit Gib once a year to visit friends out there and I always thought it was stuck in the 70s. It never occurred to me that the beer had something to do with it as I would just drink the coldest holiday lager they had, I never expected to find cask ale.<br /><br />A lot of the pubs, especially those at the very south end of the rock, have still got dartboards, proper bar towels, brewery branded trays and peanuts on the bar. While I don't miss most of it I do have to have a good think where I can play darts nowadays.Maxwell Powernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-18962757603456824042013-04-24T23:54:00.278-07:002013-04-24T23:54:00.278-07:00Jeff,
Fixed.Jeff,<br /><br />Fixed.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-61060754758697584572013-04-24T15:36:37.720-07:002013-04-24T15:36:37.720-07:00Image please.Image please.Jeff Rennernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-75523615242931753612013-04-24T07:23:38.830-07:002013-04-24T07:23:38.830-07:00Andrew,
I know. And keg beer has too much of the ...Andrew,<br /><br />I know. And keg beer has too much of the filthy stuff.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-18225167883692440232013-04-24T06:51:18.137-07:002013-04-24T06:51:18.137-07:00CO2 is CO2.
CO2 is CO2. <br /><br />RudeBoyBrewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742094571957647083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-31632807678988955822013-04-24T05:24:23.630-07:002013-04-24T05:24:23.630-07:00Jeremy,
yes, that logo comes from Flower's.
...Jeremy,<br /><br />yes, that logo comes from Flower's.<br /><br />My mistake about the King Keg. Almost all the prices I have are pre-decimal and I didn't notice that one was new money. I've corrected the text of my post accordingly.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-70629307607889542772013-04-24T04:49:28.085-07:002013-04-24T04:49:28.085-07:00Am I right in thinking that the Whitbread logo sho...Am I right in thinking that the Whitbread logo shown, is the 'Masterbrewer' image that they picked up when the took over Flowers/JW Green's in the '60s?<br /><br />The brewers at Green's were still wearing the traditional red caps in the 1950s, I think.<br /><br />Have I missed something about the price of GK King Keg? 14p would have been around 2/10d so about 34d in 1972. Shows how much of an impact inflation was having at the time.<br /><br />BTW, I was working in a GK pub in Luton in the early 1980s, when GK were still seen as a decent, small regional brewer. We had King Keg on the bar but I could go several shifts at a stretch without touching it so in percentage terms of turnover it must have been tiny. I do remember one drinker who had it as a blend with a bottle of St Edmunds Pale, known as King and Teddy.<br /><br />For what it is worth, the range was Mild, IPA and Abbot on handpump and we seemed to sell a surprising amount of mild for the location. I think that the prices were 68p,70p and 74p respectively.<br /><br />Strange that I remember that but not my own 'phone number...Jeremy Drewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-52843041984512111802013-04-24T00:39:15.569-07:002013-04-24T00:39:15.569-07:00I cut my drinking teeth on keg bitter as a teenage...I cut my drinking teeth on keg bitter as a teenager in the late 80's - Greenall Whitley's Local Bitter, Websters' Choice and Whitbread Trophy which I drank gallons of - before I started drinking in a Holt's pub. Whether I'd enjoy any of them now is another question.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.com