tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post7356357237564563707..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Why was British beer crap in the 1920s?Ron Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-87459180096367787112020-08-06T17:20:48.455-07:002020-08-06T17:20:48.455-07:00Thom, good point. In the USA for example after Pro...Thom, good point. In the USA for example after Prohibition, laws were passed in most states forbidding breweries to sell direct to saloons or stores - they had to go through a middle-man arrangement using numerous independant distribution companies. So hypothetically even if there had been cask beer in the US it would have been a nightmare to distribute and would not have survived prohibition. If for some reason the UK had gone down the same route then cask beer probably wouldn't have survived there either. Mike in NSWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-38799457084154347992020-08-04T12:30:52.807-07:002020-08-04T12:30:52.807-07:00"Why did cask beer survive in the UK an almos..."Why did cask beer survive in the UK an almost nowhere else?"<br /><br />I have a theory that Britain had a larger amount of outlets under brewery control than any other country. The breweries were therefore able to exert a higher level of control over cask quality.Thom Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769973975420792914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-84071287608430767242020-08-03T06:13:10.947-07:002020-08-03T06:13:10.947-07:00"Why did cask beer survive in the UK an almos..."Why did cask beer survive in the UK an almost nowhere else?"<br /><br />I've wondered about that, too. I hope you have an answer to propose.Lars Marius Garsholhttp://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-1923019773059599642020-08-03T04:51:28.623-07:002020-08-03T04:51:28.623-07:00I still reckon one of the most interesting years t...I still reckon one of the most interesting years to drink in the UK was the one I was born in - 1955. John Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132845616834779091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-87799691935072381842020-08-03T03:49:37.307-07:002020-08-03T03:49:37.307-07:00Thanks for that. Very interesting to see this bein...Thanks for that. Very interesting to see this being written in 1924: <i>Typical characteristics of British beers are their hop aroma and the flavours produced by secondary fermentation. Chilling, filtration and pasteurisation tend to remove these very much-desired flavours, so that chilled and filtered beer generally suffers in comparison with naturally conditioned beer.</i><br /><br />It seems that no one in the brewing industry paid any attention, or only to the extent of thinking that these drawbacks could be overcome by advertising, or by simply ripping out all the hand pumps.<br /><br />(BTW You have an anachronistic reference to World War II, which presumably was intended to refer to the Great War.)Sheffield Hatterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01150338231906559719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-59549677122603477972020-08-03T01:47:44.804-07:002020-08-03T01:47:44.804-07:00Typical characteristics of British beers are their...<i>Typical characteristics of British beers are their hop aroma and the flavours produced by secondary fermentation. Chilling, filtration and pasteurisation tend to remove these very much-desired flavours</i><br /><br />!!!<br /><br />It's like the manifesto of some sort of, what would you call it, campaign for the revitalisation of ale...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.com