tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post6430467574747321281..comments2024-03-28T06:20:10.699-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Reid Ales 1852 - 1853Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-88129081241666689742017-08-04T12:37:01.438-07:002017-08-04T12:37:01.438-07:00Martyn,
that makes more sense. Dropping Ales did ...Martyn,<br /><br />that makes more sense. Dropping Ales did seem pretty weird.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-15337583085772035672017-08-04T11:34:29.661-07:002017-08-04T11:34:29.661-07:00Zach,
mild just means unaged.Zach,<br /><br />mild just means unaged.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-87392316629798612342017-08-03T16:04:16.966-07:002017-08-03T16:04:16.966-07:00Ron,
Any insight as to why they were called &quo...Ron, <br /><br />Any insight as to why they were called "mild" ales? I'm more familiar with the modern definition of the low hop, low abv style. What was the origin of the name? and why did it shift seemingly completely on end? Zachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-22488081724018681922017-08-03T13:29:33.497-07:002017-08-03T13:29:33.497-07:00"In the frist half of the 19th century they b..."In the frist half of the 19th century they brewed Ales as well as Porter and Stout, though inexplicably dropped the Ales in the 1860's or 1870's."<br /><br />In 1875/76 they built a new ale brewery - there are newspaper reports of them selling off the materials from the buildings demolished "in consequence of Messers Reid & Co erecting their new ale plant in Liquorpond-street and Leather Lane" (see The Times, Tuesday Jan 4 1876, p16, for example). Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.com