tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post3375128174818466637..comments2024-03-29T05:24:30.793-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Samuel Webster beers 1959 - 1989Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-21747330841291506552023-09-17T01:20:43.469-07:002023-09-17T01:20:43.469-07:00Thankyou very Much RonThankyou very Much RonAndrew Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265011501298297968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-76425451257189320272023-09-17T01:19:32.608-07:002023-09-17T01:19:32.608-07:00Andrew Booth,
it says at the bottom of the table:...Andrew Booth,<br /><br />it says at the bottom of the table:<br /><br />Whitbread Gravity book held at the London Metropolitan Archives, document number LMA/4453/D/02/002<br />Good Beer Guide 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-37121074898286485322023-09-12T09:29:52.451-07:002023-09-12T09:29:52.451-07:00Hi Ron, could you tell me source of the figures my...Hi Ron, could you tell me source of the figures myself and another person are relaunching Websters ales from next January.Andrew Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265011501298297968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-4353901285705125682023-06-20T14:01:50.870-07:002023-06-20T14:01:50.870-07:00Hi Ron you might be pleased to know that I have fi...Hi Ron you might be pleased to know that I have finally found the core recipes for Websters Beers from the 1980s I have brewed both Green Label and Pennine both turned out well I’m hoping to resurrect the brewery at the Birthplace of Samuel Webster himself.Andrew Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265011501298297968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-77294561454182542642021-06-11T00:43:55.422-07:002021-06-11T00:43:55.422-07:00Andrew Booth,
good to know that their records hav...Andrew Booth,<br /><br />good to know that their records have been properly archived.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-40249788030636588632021-06-10T23:46:09.697-07:002021-06-10T23:46:09.697-07:00The recipe for best is straight forward after a li...The recipe for best is straight forward after a little more research I have discovered the brewery archives for Websters is held by Calderdale Archive Service so have booked a appointment there to further my knowledge the Dave Lines Book recipe for Websters Yorkshire Bitter is out by a country mile on the amounts of grain and hops I suspect the recipe he was given was a wartime recipe when both malts and hops were in short supplyAndrew Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627575779560737776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-71951508178304277252021-06-08T13:53:16.282-07:002021-06-08T13:53:16.282-07:00I’m afraid i can’t the person allowed my to copy w...I’m afraid i can’t the person allowed my to copy what he had and use for my own use I have been requested to brew some of the old Websters Recipes. The person who kept the ledger after closure is worried that they could be identified as everything Websters is owned by a guy in Edinburgh. All the brewery records are in a container at John Smiths in Tadcaster where they were taken in 1996 after closure of the Ovendon Wood Site. <br /><br />Dave Lines wasn’t far out in the book Brew Beers Like Those you Buy he basically got the hops slightly wrong.<br /><br />In my brew I used a Wyeast West Yorkshire Yeast as that is a very close strain of yeast to the one that was used at Websters.Andrew Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627575779560737776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-70954289480424605472021-06-08T13:38:28.920-07:002021-06-08T13:38:28.920-07:00Ordinarily I would but the person who let me copy ...Ordinarily I would but the person who let me copy the recipes for Nut Brown and Green Label plus one or two others made me promise not to pass on the information since everything Websters is owned by a guy in Edinburgh. As a aside when Websters Brewery was shut down in 1996 all the records were stuck in a container and sent to John Smiths in Tadcaster where they still are the copy I got was kept by someone who worked in the labs at Ovended Wood.Andrew Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627575779560737776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-2545203229910372852021-06-08T04:37:59.623-07:002021-06-08T04:37:59.623-07:00Andrew Booth,
would you be willing to share some ...Andrew Booth,<br /><br />would you be willing to share some photos of that ledger with me?Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-86717195247987928652021-06-07T13:34:23.362-07:002021-06-07T13:34:23.362-07:00Well I’ve just brewed a 1959 recipe from a ledger ...Well I’ve just brewed a 1959 recipe from a ledger I acquired from a former brewer at Fountains head Brewery it’s a tad on the strong side but a gorgeous pint.Andrew Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627575779560737776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-91193806660121644722021-05-09T01:18:13.388-07:002021-05-09T01:18:13.388-07:00Andrew Booth,
no, I'm afraid I don't.Andrew Booth,<br /><br />no, I'm afraid I don't.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-31412606631693898602021-05-08T10:41:22.105-07:002021-05-08T10:41:22.105-07:00Hi Ron do you have recipes for any of the Websters...Hi Ron do you have recipes for any of the Websters bitters?/ I have been set a challenge to recreate some of themAndrew Boothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-46777953800169982312011-11-15T13:00:49.779-08:002011-11-15T13:00:49.779-08:00Very interesting Ron.Very interesting Ron.Thom Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769973975420792914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-80978689866269757562011-11-15T12:55:32.208-08:002011-11-15T12:55:32.208-08:00Is that right? The OG of Webster's Choice was ...Is that right? The OG of Webster's Choice was 1032 in 1986 and 1045 in 1989.Thom Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769973975420792914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-44968188200384101912011-11-15T12:49:58.559-08:002011-11-15T12:49:58.559-08:00Are the draught beers cask or keg or both?Are the draught beers cask or keg or both?Thom Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769973975420792914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-30052058159116338222011-11-15T12:48:34.431-08:002011-11-15T12:48:34.431-08:00The spring water they used to brew it was full of ...The spring water they used to brew it was full of magnesium sulphate, with the sulphate adding dryness to the beers.Thom Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769973975420792914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-34456338072218986722011-11-15T08:45:18.195-08:002011-11-15T08:45:18.195-08:00Now then lad, what's wrong with dry beers? Whe...Now then lad, what's wrong with dry beers? When I was I little kid, loads of the pubs round our way were Webster's and they weren't short of customers.StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-1832248939359255882011-11-15T06:13:46.068-08:002011-11-15T06:13:46.068-08:00Maybe all the cats were called Tom.Maybe all the cats were called Tom.Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-56555198671378961782011-11-15T04:56:21.672-08:002011-11-15T04:56:21.672-08:00Matt, I've found three other breweries that ma...Matt, I've found three other breweries that made a beer called Old Tom: Bent, Hammonds and Selby.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-63174926997540194352011-11-15T04:45:34.201-08:002011-11-15T04:45:34.201-08:00I see they were brewing Old Tom in 1959, a bit of ...I see they were brewing Old Tom in 1959, a bit of a blow to the theory you hear a lot in Stockport that Robinsons called their strong ale that after the name of the brewery cat.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310220100267028274noreply@blogger.com