On Sat, 4 Feb 2012 16:36:17 -0800, "Steve B" > wrote:

>
>"Tom Biasi" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sat, 4 Feb 2012 18:42:24 -0000, "john east"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Formula for beer from the year1825 has just been discovered in archives.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/889159-...r-for-just-11p
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>*** A recipe for beer made with treacle has been discovered - but no one
>>>knows just how strong it really is.
>>>
>>>
>>>It was written by ale lover Thomas Denton, who was determined to recreate
>>>his favourite tipple, London Porter.
>>>
>>>
>>>For 72 pints of stout, you will need a peck of barley, 4oz of hops, 7lb of
>>>treacle and several gallons of boiling water.
>>>
>>>
>>>Mr Denton, of Goole, east Yorkshire, also recommended letting the potent
>>>brew ferment for seven days.
>>>
>>>
>>>Sam Bartle, from East Riding's archive service, said: 'The instructions
>>>are
>>>quite simple but anyone wanting to try out the recipe would have to do so
>>>at
>>>their own risk.
>>>
>>>
>>>'Following the recipe would produce a huge amount of beer, 72 pints, and
>>>it
>>>actually recommends a nine gallon cask for brewing.
>>>
>>>
>>>'For it to be tried in most modern homes it would probably require some
>>>scaling down of the quantities.'
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/889159-...-------------1
>>> Peck = 9.01 litres or 2 gallons.It looks easy to make and is ready in
>>> seven days. To me it seems in-expensive to make, since treacle could be
>>> purchased inbulk. Novice grateful for any tips on trying to make this
>>> one. Thanks
>>
>> Doesn't sound very good, and only 4 Oz. of hops?
>>
>> Tom
>
>Awright. Turn in your beer drinking permission slip. Commenting on a beer
>you've never tasted is heresy in the beer world.
>
>I'd like to taste it, but only if someone else went to all the work, and I
>didn't have to make a 9 gallon taste test.
>
>Beer drinkers have such a fine palate. I used to tend bar. Had a regular
>who would come in, and order two beers because if I only brought him one,
>he's be finished before I came round again. Nice gun, good tipper. Used to
>comment on how good his taster was. After three or four, I slipped him a
>glass of something he didn't drink. How's that ****? Great, he said. I
>told him that I had switched to a brand he expressly stated he didn't like.
>
>Proved my point.

Obviously you did, but afterwards was he *still* a good tipper?
>

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