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Lover of beer and numbers. And cachaca and whisky. And every other alcoholic drink. Visit my bookstore: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/andrewsblag Or my blog, Shut up About Barclay Perkins: https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com

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Almost healed. The plaster comes of next week.

07.12.2025 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Off to London tomorrow. Beer may be drunk.

06.12.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cannon (Ramsgate) beers in 1893-1894 Looking at the range of the Cannon Brewery, it seems quite odd. Because there’s no Porter or Stout. There is an explanation. In 1878, Cannon...

Cannon (Ramsgate) beers in 1893-1894.
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04.12.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No. It's Stock Ale.

04.12.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. That's my Christmas letter written. 1,000 words of festive fun.

03.12.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
6.25 barrels Primings
2 barrels old stock
3 barrels vat

6.25 barrels Primings 2 barrels old stock 3 barrels vat

Details of Fremlins blending in 1897. The brew was 200 barrels of a 1040ΒΊ Pale Ale, to which was added at racking time:
6.25 barrels Primings
2 barrels old stock
3 barrels vat

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Let's Brew Wednesday - 1893 Cannon XXX The Cannon brewery of Maidstone, in case you're wondering. One of the breweries whose records I snapped on my recent trip to, er, Maidstone....

A stronger Mild recipe - 1893 Cannon XXX.
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03.12.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let's Brew - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden AK And here we are with another AK. You may now be getting an idea of just how common this name once was. I can never get me too many AKs. Th...

Another Victorian AK recipe - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden AK
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29.11.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are they bottles of Watney's Pale Ale?

28.11.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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J.C. Jocobsen writes again More correspondence from Jacobsen. Because you lot seem to like this stuff. This time two short letters. The first shows how keen Jacobsen s...

J.C. Jocobsen writes again. And mentions union sets.
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More Carlsberg correspondence Or, more accurately, Jacobsen correspondence. This time, from Jacobsen Senior to Jacobsen junior. Dated 22nd March 1869. After some time at ...

More Carlsberg correspondence. Including a description of 20-year old London Porter.
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27.11.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let's Brew Wednesday - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden Porter Brewers in the immediate of London – such as those in Kent – stuck with Porter longer than those further afield in England. Presumably this ...

An old Porter recipe from Kent - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden Porter.
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26.11.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Been writing lots of recipes for my next book, "Free!". I should hit 400 this week. From 35 different breweries.

25.11.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Meet at the Gallows. Such a catchy song.

25.11.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you think my writing is like stream of consciousness? Can't see it myself.

25.11.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let's Brew - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden Mild Beer Now this is an interesting Mild. Not only because of the name. Which is usually Mild Ale. Also, on account of the colour. Which is semi-dark...

A Victorian Mild recipe from Kent - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden Mild Beer.
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Election day boozing At the start of the 20th century there was a flurry of licensing legislation. Mostly concerned with limiting the hours pubs could open, unsu...

Election day boozing.
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Kent hop acreage and yield 1901 - 1909 Yet more statistics. This time on hops. Specifically, hops in Kent. Which was very significant, as the county was home to two-thirds of the ...

Kent hop acreage and yield 1901 - 1909.
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20.11.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let's Brew Wednesday - 1893 Tomson & Wotton AK I can remember how excited I was when I came across my first AK brewing record. (Fullers, if you’re interested.)Β  Now I have literally dozen...

A lovely Light Bitter recipe - 1893 Tomson & Wotton AK.
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19.11.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Consumption of wine, beer and spirits in 1899 Got a new cast on my arm this morning. And they told me that I've broken a small bone in my hand, too. No big deal, as the same cast will ta...

Consumption of wine, beer and spirits in 1899.
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18.11.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home production vs imports of wine, beer and spirits in 1899 My arm is still broken and in plaster. Hence some more random statistics. Still have to post every day, no matter what the state of my limbs...

Home production vs imports of wine, beer and spirits in 1899.
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Revenue from Alcoholic Beverages 1898-99 With my freshly-broken arm, I'm keeping thins simple. Not too much typing or computer work. Because, er, it fucking hurts. Today, we've a qu...

More random statistics. Revenue from Alcoholic Beverages 1898-99
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16.11.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Part of a Heineken Rotterdam brewing record from October 1915. With four brews of Gerste and one of Pils.

Part of a Heineken Rotterdam brewing record from October 1915. With four brews of Gerste and one of Pils.

Looking through the Amsterdam archives this week downloading pdfs of scanned documents. I noticed a couple were miscatalogued and are actually brewing records. One volume covers part of WW I. Dead handy.

16.11.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not close to, it's in some of the Combe brewery buildings.

16.11.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my favourites.

15.11.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As Christmas is approaching it's time to remind you that my books make great presents. For family, friends or yourself.Β  First, my look at the Golden Age of UK brewing:...

Gift ideas.
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Let's Brew - 1903 Binnie XXX Porter Showing wonderful inconsistency, in most of the brewing records this beer was named DBS – presumably Double Brown Stout. But I’m pretty sure...

A Scottish Stout recipe - 1903 Binnie XXX Porter.
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15.11.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
(In Dutch)
The advantages of canned beer (according to a letter to Heineken in 1936):
1. handier package
2. lighter
3. no deposit
4. no dirty bottles to clean
5. easy to take on journeys

(In Dutch) The advantages of canned beer (according to a letter to Heineken in 1936): 1. handier package 2. lighter 3. no deposit 4. no dirty bottles to clean 5. easy to take on journeys

The advantages of canned beer (according to a letter to Heineken in 1936):
1. handier package
2. lighter
3. no deposit
4. no dirty bottles to clean
5. easy to take on journeys

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Bottled Indonesian beer after WW II Another extract from my monster gravity table. Courtesy of the Heineken gravity book. Who, with their brewery in Soerabaja, had a commercial...

Bottled Indonesian beer after WW II.
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14.11.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whitbread big head Trophy Biter.

14.11.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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