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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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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 17h

Kveik gets to work very quickly. The photos show it immediately after being added to wort and 20 minutes later. The bowl was placed on the rim of the firepit, presumably to keep it nice and warm.
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A bowl of wort with kveik immediately after adding to wort. No activity, just lumps of kveik floating on the surface.

A bowl of wort with kveik 20 minutes later with a head formed from fermentation.

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 18h

He was struck off.

patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 19h

A Scottish Export recipe - 1888 Thomas Usher Export
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Let's Brew Wednesday - 1888 Thomas Usher Export

Just to confuse things a bit more, here’s a beer simply called Export. And, no, it wasn’t the same gravity as PA. As, by this time, its grav...

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 1d

The @kornolfest.bsky.social at the weekend was fascinating. I learned so much. It's a whole new world. Something genuinely different to every other beer festival.
And held in amazingly beautiful place.

A like in Norway. In the foreground is a small jetty. On either side of the lake are steep slopes, mostlly covered in trees.

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 1d

Brewing the farmhouse way. @kornolfest.bsky.social

A cauldron of water and juniper twigs boiling over a wood. In the background are pieces of wood, buckets, a milk churn and a stainless-steel mash tun.

patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 1d

More judging in Singapore.
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Judgemental

I rise at 8:15. And go downstairs for brekkie. Fried egg, cheese and toast. Again. Except I don’t bother with the horrible turkey bacon. Th...

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 2d

Something genuinely new to me. And the brewer is a lovely chap.

patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 7d

A rather old 60 Bob recipe - 1885 Thomas Usher PA 60/-.
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Let's Brew Wednesday - 1885 Thomas Usher PA 60/-

Don’t you just love the random use of Shilling designations by Usher? It’s clear that the original use of shilling classifications: to indic...

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 8d

Fascinating how many breweries in Asia make Milk Stout.

patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 8d

Again? You’re going to Singapore again?
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Singapore swinging

“Again? You’re going to Singapore again?” “Yes, Dolores. I told you.” “Did you? But you were there just a few weeks ago. Why are you going a...

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 20d

Right. No more need be said.

patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 20d

Which book is that?

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 22d

Binnie malts 1903 - 1905.
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Binnie malts 1903 - 1905

What was Binnie brewing these beers from? Well, let’s take a look. But don’t expect a huge number of malts. That’s just not the way they bre...

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 23d

Binnie beers 1903 - 1905.
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Binnie beers 1903 - 1905

More results from my visit to the Scottish Brewing Archive. This time we're looking at Binnie, a small brewery in Haddington. With batch siz...

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 24d

You haven't been looking after that Good Beer Guide very well. I have several second-hand GBGs with ticks in them. Fascinating. Though few of the original owners seem to have bothered with Mild.

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 25d

Wasn't the first Ramones album released in 1976?

patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 25d

Classy taking your own pint glass with you.

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 26d

No. Further away than that.

patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 26d

Preparing for my next trip. I'm 9 days ahead with my blog posts. Guess where I'm going?

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 26d

Leaving Singapore.
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Going home

I rise just after 9 AM and have a shower. Now I feel better. Today will be an odd day. After checking out of our hotel, we have around 10 ho...

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 28d

Some really good stuff about IPA, both Younger's and Bass's.

patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 28d

I've just read that one. It seems the only ones not transcribed are the detailed descriptions of brewing at Younger.
I'm particularly interested in Carl's time in Edinburgh because I have photos of his personal brewing record from then.

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 28d

There are also letters from Carl about William Younger. Unfortunately, not transcribed.

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 28d

A Scottish Mild recipe, I think - 1885 Thomas Usher 54/- M.
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Let's Brew Wednesday - 1885 Thomas Usher 54/- M

I collected plenty of new photos of Usher's records last week. But, as I've just started processing them, this is from a previous harvest. ...

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patto1ro.bsky.social @patto1ro.bsky.social · 29d

The first results of last week's trip to the Scottish Brewing Archive - Belhaven beers in 1871.
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Belhaven beers in 1871

Here's the first results of last week's trip to the Scottish Brewing Archive in Glasgow. Details of Belhaven's beers in 1871. As I mentioned...

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