patto1ro

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Amiable obsessive, with an unhealthy interest in decoction mashing, beer bottle stoppers, Scottish beer and all things Barclay Perkins.
patto1roJul 7, 2024
An Irish BBitter recipe - 1923 Cairnes Bitter Ale.
https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2024/07/lets-brew-1923-cairnes-bitter-ale.html
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Let's Brew - 1923 Cairnes Bitter Ale

After WW I, Cairnes continued to brew their Bitter Ale, albeit 10º weaker than in 1914. Compared to a London Ordinary Bitter of the time, it...

patto1roJun 29, 2024
A 1920s Irish Porter recipe - 1923 Cairnes Single Stout.
https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2024/06/lets-brew-1923-cairnes-single-stout.html
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Let's Brew - 1923 Cairnes Single Stout

I’m calling this Single Stout purely because that’s what it’s called in the brewing records. Though, in reality, it looks rather like a Port...

patto1roJun 27, 2024
A 19th-ccentury Irish Porter/Stout recipe - 1898 Cairnes Single Stout.
https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2024/06/lets-brew-wednesday-1898-cairnes-single.html
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Let's Brew Wednesday - 1898 Cairnes Single Stout

In Ireland, the terms Single Stout and Porter seem to have been used interchangeably. And, looking at the gravity, this is very much in line...

patto1roJun 24, 2024
Cask is king. At least as far as I'm concerned.
https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2024/06/cask-is-king.html
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Cask is king

I don't get to drink cask beer every week. Let's think when last I could. Right. Last century. Not even the final decade. Perhaps my views a...

patto1roJun 22, 2024
An Irish Pale Ale recipe - 1898 Cairnes E.I. Ale.
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patto1roJun 21, 2024
My take on the decline of cask beer.
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2024/06/cask-beer.html
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Cask beer

Jeff Alworth's piece on cask beer got me thinking. Which is always a bad thing. Hopefully, writing will banish my thoughts and leave my head...

patto1roJun 15, 2024
An early WW I Stout recipe - 1915 Courage Double Stout.
https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2024/06/lets-brew-1915-courage-double-stout.html
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Let's Brew - 1915 Courage Double Stout

At the start of WW I, typical London pub would have had two Black beers on draught: Porter and Stout. With the latter still worthy of its or...

patto1roJun 12, 2024
An early WW I Porter recipe - 1915 Courage Porter.
https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2024/06/lets-brew-wednesday-1915-courage-porter.html
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Let's brew Wednesday - 1915 Courage Porter

You may have noticed that I publish a lot of recipes from the period 1880 - 1914. There's a good reason for that. It's the other book I'm wo...

patto1roJun 8, 2024
A Mild recipe from early in WW I - 1914 Courage X.
https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2024/06/lets-brew-1914-courage-x.html
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Let's Brew - 1914 Courage X

At the start of WW I, London Milds were still powerful beasts, clocking in at over 5% ABV. Though the war would end up emasculating them for...

patto1roJun 1, 2024
A classic Burton Ale recipe - 1975 Youngs Winter Warmer.
https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2024/06/lets-brew-1975-youngs-winter-warmer.html
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Let's Brew - 1975 Youngs Winter Warmer

You may be wondering why there’s no 1970 Winter Warmer recipe. It’s very simple. My son Andrew photographed the 1970 brewing book and I forg...