tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post5398338980457109..comments2024-03-29T03:17:49.172-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: England vs Scotland, part 3f: early 1850's Pale AleRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-52885042469944643452012-06-07T23:38:59.650-07:002012-06-07T23:38:59.650-07:00Tom, I don't. But there's no guarantee tha...Tom, I don't. But there's no guarantee that it didn't change colour at some point.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-87269853284386160952012-06-07T15:27:27.159-07:002012-06-07T15:27:27.159-07:00Do you know when Boddingtons' IP was first bre...Do you know when Boddingtons' IP was first brewed?Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-84883130108939674052012-03-19T04:34:39.529-07:002012-03-19T04:34:39.529-07:00Tom, I can find several lower-gravity Pale Ales fr...Tom, I can find several lower-gravity Pale Ales from before WW II with EBC colours of less than 20. <br /><br />To help you calibrate, Boddingtons Bitter was 18, Pale Lagers are 5 to 10.<br /><br />I believe Stones was 15-16 EBC. The very short-lived Whitbread AK (only brewed in 1930) was 17.<br /><br />So straw-coloured beers like Stone's had existed, but weren't that common.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-74518748795275341642012-03-18T15:35:43.223-07:002012-03-18T15:35:43.223-07:00Hi Ron,
Stones Bitter was first produced in 1948....Hi Ron,<br /><br />Stones Bitter was first produced in 1948. The Yorkshire Post claims that it's straw colour made it unique for the time, and this individuality helped to make it an immediate success. My question is this: were straw coloured bitters really rare at this time? Or this fallacy?<br /><br />CheersTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-45645881115370712312012-03-18T06:40:52.037-07:002012-03-18T06:40:52.037-07:00Barm, good suggestion.
No-one today hops like the...Barm, good suggestion.<br /><br />No-one today hops like they did in the old days. OK, the alpha acid content is often much higher today, but the effect of masses of low-alpha hops is very distinctive. I've had several discussions with Dann of Pretty Things about that.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-13695379869875611682012-03-18T04:27:31.666-07:002012-03-18T04:27:31.666-07:00Might be clearer to say the Younger's beers we...Might be clearer to say the Younger's beers were more heavily hopped BY about 1.25lb a barrel. For those who skipped the table.<br /><br />8lb a barrel is a staggering hopping rate. A few months ago I recall a regional brewer saying proudly that their revivalist IPA was very heavily hopped at two pounds a barrel.Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.com