Shut up about Barclay Perkins - The decline in Keeping Porter

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Back to the decline, sorry, disappearance of aged Porter. I've got my finger out and culled some relevant numbers from Whitbread's logs.

I must say that I was surprised at the rapidity with which vatted Porter went out of fashion. Take a look:


Whitbread Porter output 1845 - 1867


Keeping
Running
total
1845

112,846

37,743

150,589

1852

39,729

97,860

137,589

1867

2,265

135,782

138,047

Source:






Whitbread brewing records.



In 1871 Whitbread brewed no Keeping Porter at all.

I have photos of many more years of Whitbread's logs from this period. But irritatingly, I neglected to snap some of the pages I need to make these calculations for most years. Guess I'll have to wait until November when I'll be in London for the British Guild of Beer Writers annual dinner. I always make sure I have time for an archive visit or two.https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...s.blogspot.com


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