Shut up about Barclay Perkins

Dave has thoughtfully cooked a pile of bacon by the time I get downstairs. And made tea. Perfect. I construct myself a bacon sandwich. Yum. ...

Strongest but one of Kirkstall’s beers was KKK. Which looks very much like a Stock or Old Ale version of the strongest Mild, XXX. Which is a...

Every beer contained at least three different types of hops. A couple had even four. Nothing unusual there. It was standard practice to use ...

Moving on to the grists, they’re radically exciting for the late 19th century. In that they have more than base malts in beers other than St...

It’s a sign of the increased popularity of Pale Ales that Kirkstall brewed three. The same as the number 0oof Mild Ales. The brewery was a d...

Standing proudly at the top of the Pale Ale ladder is PA. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that it stands for Pale Ale. Yet I know that ...

Next up the Pale Ale ladder is BA. Which probably stands for “Bitter Ale” A bit odd, as that doesn’t seem to be what it was marketed as. A p...

Here’s the strongest of Kirkstall’s Mild Ales, XXX. I get the definite impression some beers have been dropped. Why else jump straight from ...

Another AK. And from another brewery whose beer I drank. Though by that time it was part of Whitbread and when it revived cask it did so und...