@patto1ro.bsky.social
Lover of beer and numbers. And cachaca and whisky. And every other alcoholic drink.
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Or my blog, Shut up About Barclay Perkins: https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com
Visit my bookstore: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/andrewsblag
Or my blog, Shut up About Barclay Perkins: https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com
Chapman grists in 1880. It's as exciting a blog post as it sounds.
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Chapman grists in 1880
Time for the ingredients. Of which there aren’t all that many. We’ll begin with the malts. Only three of them. And two of those, black and ...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Chapman grists in 1880. It's as exciting a blog post as it sounds.
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2026/02/chap...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2026/02/chap...
Spent the afternoon scanning the BBPA Statistical Handbook 2025. So stuffed full of lovely numbers.
February 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Spent the afternoon scanning the BBPA Statistical Handbook 2025. So stuffed full of lovely numbers.
Get a bespoke homebrew recipe for your birthday. There's a link on my blog:
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Shut up about Barclay Perkins
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February 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Get a bespoke homebrew recipe for your birthday. There's a link on my blog:
barclayperkins.blogspot.com
barclayperkins.blogspot.com
Part two of my interview with Mitch Steele. Where he discusses his time at Stone and New Realm.
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Mitch Steele interview part two
YouTube video by Shut up About Barclay Perkins
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February 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Part two of my interview with Mitch Steele. Where he discusses his time at Stone and New Realm.
youtu.be/WXBdkblqAjw
youtu.be/WXBdkblqAjw
Writing today about London-brewed Burton Ales 1880-1899 and wondering who the hell is interested in such specific stuff. Then remembered I am. And I'm just writing for me, really.
February 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Writing today about London-brewed Burton Ales 1880-1899 and wondering who the hell is interested in such specific stuff. Then remembered I am. And I'm just writing for me, really.
I've changed the name of my YouTube channel:
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Shut up About Barclay Perkins
My channel is dedicated to beer history. Mostly in the form of interviews with brewers and other who have been involved in the beer industry for decades. The plan is to build a valuable oral history r...
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February 1, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I've changed the name of my YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCwB...
www.youtube.com/channel/UCwB...
This is really creepy:
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Ron Pattinson
Ronald Pattinson is a British beer writer and historian renowned for his extensive research into the history of brewing, beer styles, and the evolution of the industry, particularly in Britain from th...
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January 31, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is really creepy:
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A Pale Ale recipe from the eve of WW I - 1913 Adnams PA.
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Let's Brew - 1913 Adnams PA
Brewed in far smaller quantities than the Mild Ales was Adnams Pale Ale. Clearly, it was very much a minority drink. Like the Mild Ales, the...
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January 31, 2026 at 11:01 AM
A Pale Ale recipe from the eve of WW I - 1913 Adnams PA.
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2026/01/lets...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2026/01/lets...
The first part of my interview with Mitch Steele, former brewer at Anheuser Busch. This covers his time studying at UC Davis, working at a winery, his first brewing job at the San Andreas brewpub and his move to Anheuser Busch.
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Mitch Steele part one
YouTube video by Kilderkin
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January 29, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The first part of my interview with Mitch Steele, former brewer at Anheuser Busch. This covers his time studying at UC Davis, working at a winery, his first brewing job at the San Andreas brewpub and his move to Anheuser Busch.
youtu.be/Kpa759orehI
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A Mild recipe from the eve of WW I - 1913 Adnams X Ale.
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Let's Brew Wednesday - 1913 Adnams X Ale
Moving forward in time a couple of decades, we find a new version of X Ale. Which looks very much like a modern Mild. And is not very typica...
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January 28, 2026 at 8:58 AM
A Mild recipe from the eve of WW I - 1913 Adnams X Ale.
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barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2026/01/lets...
Got a few more interviews lined up for my YouTube channel With people from all over the world.
Anyone in the brewing world you'd like me to interview?
www.youtube.com/@patto1ro
Anyone in the brewing world you'd like me to interview?
www.youtube.com/@patto1ro
Kilderkin
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January 27, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Got a few more interviews lined up for my YouTube channel With people from all over the world.
Anyone in the brewing world you'd like me to interview?
www.youtube.com/@patto1ro
Anyone in the brewing world you'd like me to interview?
www.youtube.com/@patto1ro
Adnams sugars in 1913.
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Adnams sugars in 1913
Sugars are always fun. At least in this case there are no weird proprietary sugars. Many of which leave me totally stumped. The total sugar ...
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January 27, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Adnams sugars in 1913.
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Chris Flaskamp, of Tübinger brewery, based in Pirque just outside Santiago in Chile, discusses brewing in South America. Touching on the problems of setting up a brewery, buying equipment, access to market and the possibility of Chile's own beer styles.
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Chris Flaskamp
YouTube video by Kilderkin
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January 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Chris Flaskamp, of Tübinger brewery, based in Pirque just outside Santiago in Chile, discusses brewing in South America. Touching on the problems of setting up a brewery, buying equipment, access to market and the possibility of Chile's own beer styles.
youtu.be/lYfDKg0SotU
youtu.be/lYfDKg0SotU
Just corrected the subtitles for the forth part of my chat with Derek Prentice. Where he discusses tank beer, parti-gyling, continuous fermentation and blending Tuborg from three worts.
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Derek Prentice and brewing in the 1970s part 4
YouTube video by Kilderkin
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January 23, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Just corrected the subtitles for the forth part of my chat with Derek Prentice. Where he discusses tank beer, parti-gyling, continuous fermentation and blending Tuborg from three worts.
youtu.be/rlZ-gPYTJIM
youtu.be/rlZ-gPYTJIM
Adnams beers in 1913.
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Adnams beers in 1913
As a country brewery, Adnams gives us a good impression of what was happening outside the UK’s great metropoli. With just seven beers, Adnam...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Adnams beers in 1913.
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I chat with John Keeling. former head of brewing at Fullers.
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Interview with John Keeling
YouTube video by Kilderkin
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January 21, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I chat with John Keeling. former head of brewing at Fullers.
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Sheepscar in Leeds was like this in the 1970s. Only a few pubs left in a scene of devastation.
January 21, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Sheepscar in Leeds was like this in the 1970s. Only a few pubs left in a scene of devastation.
The last part of my interview with legend Derek Prentice.
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Derek Prentice and brewing in the 1970s part 4
YouTube video by Kilderkin
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January 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The last part of my interview with legend Derek Prentice.
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Irish pubs again.
January 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Irish pubs again.
Dublin pubs in the 1960s.
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Dublin pubs in the 1960s.
Brewing legend Derek Prentice (formerly of Truman, Youngs and Fullers) talks about keg and cask beer, primings, maltings, hop varieties, mashing and dropping system of fermentation.
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Derek Prentice and brewing in the 1970s part 3
YouTube video by Kilderkin
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January 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Brewing legend Derek Prentice (formerly of Truman, Youngs and Fullers) talks about keg and cask beer, primings, maltings, hop varieties, mashing and dropping system of fermentation.
youtu.be/R7MuikIZW7w
youtu.be/R7MuikIZW7w
A Victorian Light Bitter recipe - 1893 Cannon AK 10d.
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Let's Brew - 1893 Cannon AK 10d
I have so many AK recipes now. It’s so wonderful. This is a pretty typical example: light, in both senses of the word. A pretty high degree...
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January 17, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A Victorian Light Bitter recipe - 1893 Cannon AK 10d.
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2026/01/lets...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2026/01/lets...
Some video of the Budvar brewery in 2008 that I'd forgotten about. And never used because I didn't know how to nail all the bits together.
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Central Europe 2008 Budvar
YouTube video by Kilderkin
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January 16, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Some video of the Budvar brewery in 2008 that I'd forgotten about. And never used because I didn't know how to nail all the bits together.
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youtu.be/-P-GAS9BZsg