tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post7266452191435720864..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Let's Brew Wednesday - 1965 Courage Light AleRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-64638641117293003412016-01-31T03:34:27.319-08:002016-01-31T03:34:27.319-08:00Phil G,
in 1963 it was 1030.6º.Phil G,<br /><br />in 1963 it was 1030.6º.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-75792078799136288882016-01-30T14:23:28.615-08:002016-01-30T14:23:28.615-08:00Anyone know the starting gravity of Toby light?Anyone know the starting gravity of Toby light?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358464349824731768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-88193995005934398402011-09-19T01:18:21.321-07:002011-09-19T01:18:21.321-07:00Anonymous, I don't think Toby Light is brewed ...Anonymous, I don't think Toby Light is brewed any more.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-8452796466919759802011-09-18T12:49:47.827-07:002011-09-18T12:49:47.827-07:00Hi, my dad used to love Toby Light and I am trying...Hi, my dad used to love Toby Light and I am trying to get hold of some bottles of it for him as a gift, anyone be of any help? Thanks :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-63690177291968685392011-03-14T16:57:43.898-07:002011-03-14T16:57:43.898-07:00I don't know where the taste notes come from? ...I don't know where the taste notes come from? it was malty ok, but it very very dominated by the cats piss finish, cutting off the maltiness straight away..... Im very sorry but that way only way to describe it!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-72323619403995451372011-03-14T06:40:57.990-07:002011-03-14T06:40:57.990-07:00Ive drunk this stuff in the late 60's and 70&#...Ive drunk this stuff in the late 60's and 70's in Wiltshire, always seen it under the bar in half pint bottles, light, pale and brown, you don't see Courage in Wilshire no more,but visited Surrey and they had Courage on draft....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-68771097991623929562009-10-09T09:45:01.146-07:002009-10-09T09:45:01.146-07:00Awesome! Thanks Mike. Gives me a much better under...Awesome! Thanks Mike. Gives me a much better understanding of the colors of the sugars they used.Kristen Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212694853976179911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-75889702877271812732009-10-08T18:15:09.547-07:002009-10-08T18:15:09.547-07:00I remember drinking Toby Light in the mid to late ...I remember drinking Toby Light in the mid to late 70's at Bass Charrington pubs, around Manchester. Toby Light was draught though there was a bottled Toby Light,it was a light mild.<br />I had bottled Light Ale in London around the same time, I don't recall the brewer, I only ever drank it in Light'n Bitter in London pubs, when in Rome!<br />Regarding Kris's question on color, Toby Light was somewhere in the 10-13L range, I don't recall Courage light, just remember the light blue cockerel badge.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163538704592118795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-60446668974990806862009-10-08T08:51:04.816-07:002009-10-08T08:51:04.816-07:00Anyone have any direct experience with this beer? ...Anyone have any direct experience with this beer? Meaning, what approximate color was it.Kristen Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212694853976179911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-68574099202238291542009-10-08T06:05:14.303-07:002009-10-08T06:05:14.303-07:00Sam Adams do a light beer (not specifically called...Sam Adams do a light beer (not specifically called an ale) that is quite marvelous. Ruby with a dry malt flavour and no American hops. A real balanced beer and one of my favourites over here.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-11462889883531634972009-10-08T00:46:02.278-07:002009-10-08T00:46:02.278-07:00Zythophile, I'm pretty sure Courage Light Ale ...Zythophile, I'm pretty sure Courage Light Ale is brewed at Bedford. Isn't it one of the brands Wells & Young bought?Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-46145678046593366932009-10-07T16:45:26.500-07:002009-10-07T16:45:26.500-07:00Light ale was, of course, classically drunk as lig...Light ale was, of course, classically drunk as light-and-bitter or light-and-mild, half a pint of draught beer served in a pint glass with the bottled beer poured on top. This was the way for the drinker to perk up flat, badly kept (but cheaper than bottled) draught beer - before the arrival of keg beer in the 1960s, sales of bottled beer in the 1950s were massive, approaching 50 per cent by value of the whole UK beer market. <br /><br />Latterly about the only two light ales produced were those of Courage and Young's. Young's light ale was a surprisingly big seller because most pubs normally had a few bottles of light ale in stock and the only one they could get hold of was Young's. Now that Wells and Youngs owns the Courage franchise, I'm kessing Courage Light is brewed in Bedford - anybody know for sure?Zythophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169961035352165436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-56761896625712310012009-10-07T12:01:19.162-07:002009-10-07T12:01:19.162-07:00You could be right about Toby Light. I probably wo...You could be right about Toby Light. I probably wouldn't have noticed it.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-59600277251983861482009-10-07T11:37:38.586-07:002009-10-07T11:37:38.586-07:00I seem to remember Bass doing Toby Light on draugh...I seem to remember Bass doing Toby Light on draught (keg) in the mid eighties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-72498034333707601262009-10-07T09:22:30.020-07:002009-10-07T09:22:30.020-07:00When I last tasted Anchor Small Beer in San Franci...When I last tasted Anchor Small Beer in San Francisco, which was on draft about two months ago, it reminded me of the old light ales and of some light cask bitters (the low-gravity ones I mean). I am not saying they are made the same way, but that was simply my taste reaction.<br /><br />GaryGary Gillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-52363564146623912892009-10-07T09:17:37.582-07:002009-10-07T09:17:37.582-07:00Yeah the small beer is just runnings from their ba...Yeah the small beer is just runnings from their barley wine. I've visited the brewery and they even say its meant to be a true english bitter. They used to list that they used only Fuggles but I they were pretty mum about that when I talked with them.Kristen Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212694853976179911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-59248126138689651612009-10-07T08:49:11.376-07:002009-10-07T08:49:11.376-07:00Gary, Light Ale is, I think, a development of thin...Gary, Light Ale is, I think, a development of things like Dinner Ale and Luncheon Ale - a bottled Light Bitter.<br /><br />I'm not convinced Anchor Small Beer is the same as Light Ale. And Light Ale wasn't like a cask Bitter. Not from my recollection. I must hunt down the current Courage Light Ale. OF course, there's no guarantee that it bears any resemblance to the original.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-25122324143004063592009-10-07T08:07:50.555-07:002009-10-07T08:07:50.555-07:00Here is a beer that, based on having tasted many E...Here is a beer that, based on having tasted many English light ales years back, is quite similar in style despite the second mash approach.<br /><br />http://www.anchorbrewing.com/beers/smallbeer.htm<br /><br />There are others, made here and there by U.S. micros. We have a bottled light bitter in Ontario that clocks in about 3.5% as well.<br /><br />With these beers, you want them as fresh as possible and ideally on draft. Anchor's small beer in that form is particularly good, similar to many English cask bitters in fact.<br /><br />GaryGary Gillmannoreply@blogger.com