tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post6430480683864022179..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Bass Pale Ale 1951 - 1993Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-70795756339668927452009-01-13T17:58:00.000-08:002009-01-13T17:58:00.000-08:00Does anyone know if it is possible to culture yeas...Does anyone know if it is possible to culture yeast from a bottle of Bass?blur35mmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09200270820361841759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-34523256922222821312009-01-08T13:56:00.000-08:002009-01-08T13:56:00.000-08:00Correction...their bicentenary in 1977.Correction<BR/><BR/>...their bicentenary in 1977.Ikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281352199965697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-15348091774887647082009-01-08T13:55:00.000-08:002009-01-08T13:55:00.000-08:00By 1974 Draught Bass had dropped to 1039og. They ...By 1974 Draught Bass had dropped to 1039og. They put it back up to 1044og in 1975/76 and started advertising it again, just in time for their bicentenary in 1777.Ikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281352199965697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-13959719137020168772009-01-06T09:16:00.000-08:002009-01-06T09:16:00.000-08:00Fatman,The TA is only a measure of overall acid. ...Fatman,<BR/><BR/>The TA is only a measure of overall acid. You will see a decent amount of lactic acid in nearly all beers. Acetic acid, however, shouldn't be found as it is a definite indicator on an infection.<BR/><BR/>I have a bunch of old data on berliner weiss and such that shows the acidity. One can infer that most of it is lactic acid.Kristen Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212694853976179911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-51777656917140692932009-01-06T09:12:00.000-08:002009-01-06T09:12:00.000-08:00Ah, thanks for the lead.It appears to refer to tit...Ah, thanks for the lead.<BR/><BR/>It appears to refer to titratable acidity.<BR/><BR/>I wonder why they measured that. Perhaps as an infection indicator? <BR/><BR/>I'm intrigued.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-47859740969994068822009-01-06T08:10:00.000-08:002009-01-06T08:10:00.000-08:00Zyth and Ron,I have all the numbers for King and B...Zyth and Ron,<BR/><BR/>I have all the numbers for King and Barnes version and the current version of WS. I'm interested in seeing how it has changed. They only brew a max of 1500bbl a year now at the Museum brewery and not just the White Shield. I thought that that brewery closed when Coors took over?Kristen Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212694853976179911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-81896104493191316572009-01-06T04:50:00.000-08:002009-01-06T04:50:00.000-08:00Fatman, the acidity number is a percentage. Not to...Fatman, the acidity number is a percentage. Not totally sure what that means. I know in the early 20th century Guinness had 0.27 as the maximum acceptable level of acidity for their Stout.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-22758860653310488052009-01-06T04:48:00.000-08:002009-01-06T04:48:00.000-08:00Zythophile, I need to check the Worthington entrie...Zythophile, I need to check the Worthington entries in the Whitbread Gravity Book. I hope the relevant details are there.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-77450054142228050542009-01-05T07:46:00.000-08:002009-01-05T07:46:00.000-08:00I'd love to see the No 1 figures, Ron ... anything...I'd love to see the No 1 figures, Ron ... anything in your stats about Worthington White Shield? I've long suspected that after the Bass/Worthington "merger" of the 1920s, Bass Pale Ale and WS were the same beer ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-81400191880603335472009-01-04T19:48:00.000-08:002009-01-04T19:48:00.000-08:00What did the grist look like on those beers? To h...What did the grist look like on those beers? To hit 95% attenuation they must have been using a lot of sugar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-20340061025975343592009-01-04T03:43:00.000-08:002009-01-04T03:43:00.000-08:00Ron, thanks. I do recall now that 1800's IPAs wer...Ron, thanks. I do recall now that 1800's IPAs were said by many commentators of the day to be dry beers. So possibly they were fermented out before shipment as you suggest, and the same might have applied between the red and blue triangle Bass beers. (If I am not mistaken, Bass for certain periods any used the legend IPA on the label, not always prominently).<BR/><BR/>I once read that yeast activity in a bottle of beer only continues for a short time after the beer is sent out (a few weeks) and can only raise ABV by a small percentage, so you are probably right for that reason alone.<BR/><BR/>GaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-37991209307184052742009-01-04T02:18:00.000-08:002009-01-04T02:18:00.000-08:00Some of those finishing gravs look pretty random t...Some of those finishing gravs look pretty random to me, and some are extremely low. It may well be that blue triangle hadn't been fermented out before bottling, expedience perhaps overcoming technique, but from a brief look at the figures published I'd draw the conclusion that the fermenting, for one reason or another, was conducted with less exactitude than one might have expected.<BR/><BR/>Can you tell me about the 'acidity' column please? What are the units used here? I'm a tad ignorant and completely baffled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com