tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post2964371200979791636..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Coopers StoutRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-71311652682570900552011-11-21T23:47:08.841-08:002011-11-21T23:47:08.841-08:00AEC, thanks for the correction. They were mixed in...AEC, thanks for the correction. They were mixed in with a group of American beers and I assumed they were also American. I should know better than to go around assuming.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-4642448076034250802011-11-21T18:17:14.077-08:002011-11-21T18:17:14.077-08:00Hey, two of those beers you list from '38 -- D...Hey, two of those beers you list from '38 -- Dawes and Frontenac -- are actually Canadian. And despite what most people think (except those stubborn Canadians), Canada isn't part of the U.S.AEChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058398429644647446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-61350782631689398852011-08-30T16:07:36.862-07:002011-08-30T16:07:36.862-07:00Oh, and Cooper's Extra Stout is fantastic - yo...Oh, and Cooper's Extra Stout is fantastic - you can sometimes find it in the UAE, it's a genuine world classic.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-91921176753005222472011-08-30T16:06:31.040-07:002011-08-30T16:06:31.040-07:00I'm many thousands of miles from my sources ri...I'm many thousands of miles from my sources right now, but Burke's, IIRC, was the Long Island City brewery that later brewed Guinness in the US.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-82199325993477974032011-08-30T12:07:36.598-07:002011-08-30T12:07:36.598-07:00Just a bit more context for post-Prohibition U.S. ...Just a bit more context for post-Prohibition U.S. and beer strengths: Beer companies were not legally allowed to post alcohol contents of beers on their packaging. Lager was popular before Prohibition of course, but I wonder if part of its total dominance afterward can be credited to people being able to drink more of it because it was lower in alcohol... although perhaps few people would have realized it. If alcoholic content had been posted on beers, it's likely that more people would have made it part of their decision-making and gone for more bang for the buck. Which of course is exactly why the government banned such information in the first place.<br /><br />A relevant note: Most U.S. light lagers are 4.2% strength. Few dedicated light lager drinkers actually know that. And they are the most popular beers in America.Joe Stangehttp://www.thirstypilgrim.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-47447226375748338602011-08-28T07:26:30.409-07:002011-08-28T07:26:30.409-07:00ron, a minor correction. i'm sure this is due ...ron, a minor correction. i'm sure this is due to software, not you. the foxhead beer was named 'old waukesha'. waukesha is a small industral satellite city of milwaukee, just west of the big brewing town. foxhead was brewed in waukesha. for a time, anyway.<br /><br />also, even as american ales in that period were retaining fairly high gravities, overall, lagers were beginning to drop. ditto for lager hopping rates. ale was fighting a losing battle with lager for sales; had been doing so for nearly a century by that point. by the 1940's, ale was seen as a pre-prohibition old man's tipple. as they died off, so did ale. until the craft beer revolt.beer guru, jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03899637181572760082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-88151734003703493272011-08-28T07:12:51.926-07:002011-08-28T07:12:51.926-07:00I wrote about Cooper's Stout in a post I did c...I wrote about Cooper's Stout in a post I did comparing Tropical Stouts, back in June. It's good stuff, very plum-like and bitter sweet.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129472719929268755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-79587825167292363962011-08-28T06:06:52.859-07:002011-08-28T06:06:52.859-07:00Good points and this is because as sometimes occur...Good points and this is because as sometimes occurs, the products made in an outpost distant from the mother country, or ex-mother country, but under its influence, stay integral to the original approach while things change at home.<br /><br />Good examples in the stout area are Cooper's Stout, Sinha Stout (Lion Stout in many markets), various strong stouts in the West Indies, and Guinness FES both there and in parts of Asia.<br /><br />Cooper's Stout was one of the first craft-style beers I tasted, it was an early import to the U.S. and it lasted the trip well in a time of slow boats and long warehousing. It is still very good and mercifully has been kept free of coffee or chicory and the like. :)<br /><br />GaryGary Gillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-87485650730930038482011-08-28T04:21:38.783-07:002011-08-28T04:21:38.783-07:00Its really available over hereIts really available over hereOblivioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184794716327407609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-21092239993918567542011-08-28T04:00:07.433-07:002011-08-28T04:00:07.433-07:00Try to get a Sheaf Stout as wellTry to get a Sheaf Stout as wellKorevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837121239930238616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-91470621297373559802011-08-28T02:23:10.289-07:002011-08-28T02:23:10.289-07:00Matt, dead easy to find in Melbourne.Matt, dead easy to find in Melbourne.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-87241192647608319382011-08-28T01:13:33.006-07:002011-08-28T01:13:33.006-07:00I've drunk Coopers Pale Ale but not the Stout....I've drunk Coopers Pale Ale but not the Stout.<br /><br />My brother-in-law's going to Sydney and Melbourne on a business trip next month. I was thinking of asking him to bring me back a few bottles, I presume it's not too difficult to find it in those cities?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.com