tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post3683573185082985903..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: 1815-1850 Porter supremeRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-15832305149399947842014-09-29T03:21:40.207-07:002014-09-29T03:21:40.207-07:00I'm extremely late to this one, but the explos...I'm extremely late to this one, but the explosion at Barclay Perkins sould like a dust explosion<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion<br /><br />rather than anything to do with hydrogen gas.Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-30248689539955156992013-09-09T14:51:06.970-07:002013-09-09T14:51:06.970-07:00This is an odd one. Looking at the Stevenson Reeve...This is an odd one. Looking at the Stevenson Reeves catalogue: http://www.stevenson-reeves.co.uk/reeves/ReevesCatalogue.pdf<br /><br />it seems distillers use both saccharometers and hydrometers, the former for the wash and the latter in the spirit safe. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-38676563482074076762013-09-04T06:03:20.207-07:002013-09-04T06:03:20.207-07:00Ed,
what do distillers call them, I wonder?
Sacc...Ed,<br /><br />what do distillers call them, I wonder?<br /><br />Saccharometer sounds so 19th century to my ears. Maybe the word hydrometer is the one used for an instrument that measures specific gravity. Early brewing versions didn't measure specific gravity as such, but brewer's pounds.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-2364983111564077042013-09-04T05:07:38.260-07:002013-09-04T05:07:38.260-07:00Saccharometers still are called saccharometers in ...Saccharometers still are called saccharometers in breweries. I'm not sure why they're hydrometers to home brewers, perhaps because home brewing re-emerged separate from the brewing industry?Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.com