tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post2925042700080482634..comments2024-03-29T03:17:49.172-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Let's Brew Wednesday – 1947 Whitbread StoutRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-91012258037274767092016-02-17T22:59:53.210-08:002016-02-17T22:59:53.210-08:00Interesting. Was the Extra Stout an export product...Interesting. Was the Extra Stout an export product?John Lesternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-11245948055696688232016-02-17T04:57:30.928-08:002016-02-17T04:57:30.928-08:00Good Afternoon All,
It's with this wonderful ...Good Afternoon All,<br /><br />It's with this wonderful Let's Brew post that I declare I am back on the beer 'scene' as it were. I had to take a break for the benefit of my hackles. The bullshit of craft was becoming too much! From the twits in bottle shops to the glade plugins being slopped out by so called craft beer bars. Not to mention the insult to beer that is the stuff trudged out by the LBA. That's before I get into the debacle of landlords bartering over a £1 discount for a nine. WTF.<br /><br />In any case, cheers all<br /><br />Alex<br />Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-52937026329637718372016-02-17T03:44:26.164-08:002016-02-17T03:44:26.164-08:00John Lester,
according to the Chiswell Street bre...John Lester,<br /><br />according to the Chiswell Street brewing records, they brewed two Stout rioght up until closure in the 1970's: MS (Mackeson) and ES (Extra Stout). I suspect Whitbread Special Stout was WS.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-53695168979322533832016-02-17T02:51:55.371-08:002016-02-17T02:51:55.371-08:00I assume this must be the stout that was called &#...I assume this must be the stout that was called 'Whitbread Special Stout' in the early seventies. It was still available until at least 1972-73 or so, and I recall trying it around then. My recollection is that it was less sweet than Mackeson (and Frank Baillie made this point as well in his 'Beer Drinker's Companion'). Even in the early seventies, it was a bit unusual for breweries to offer a choice of stouts: Allied no longer brewed one, and Watney's only had Cream Label Stout. Courage offered Velvet Stout nationally (and I think still supplied Bristol Stout in the south west). Bass Charrington, however, still brewed four different stouts, to my recollection: Jubilee Stout was available nationally, and Tennent's brewed both Sweetheart Stout and Sweet Stout. In the London area, you could still get Anchor Stout (ex-Charrington's)in some pubs (though not many as I recall); I seem to remember that it was less sweet than Jubilee Stout. By the early seventies, both Fuller's and Young's had discontinued their stouts, though there were several others available in the south east: King and Barnes' JK Sweet Stout was particularly luscious.John Lesternoreply@blogger.com