tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post5580596426044874704..comments2023-09-01T11:29:18.150+01:00Comments on BeerViking: Guinness looks to the past for new PortersBryanBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550482701819539081noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-25725490447332859272014-11-07T11:15:31.241+00:002014-11-07T11:15:31.241+00:00I was reminded of this recently and realised I'...I was reminded of this recently and realised I'd not yet dug out my notes as I said I would. So, the (only very lightly paraphrased) comments from her that I wrote down at the time were:<br /><br />"3.5 to 3.8 would have been typical of working men;s Porters at the time" [late 1700s] and "ABVs started rising from 3 point something coming into the 1800s."BryanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550482701819539081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-35619786203643472852014-10-08T21:05:34.327+01:002014-10-08T21:05:34.327+01:00Nice writeup. I look forward to trying these.Nice writeup. I look forward to trying these.'Doc'https://www.blogger.com/profile/02341552453904139835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-3921531411530571942014-09-17T23:24:24.303+01:002014-09-17T23:24:24.303+01:00I asked her almost exactly that question at the ti...I asked her almost exactly that question at the time. If I've remembered it rightly (I will dig out my notes) her explanation was that the 1700s beers in her archives were like this, while the 6% figure was more true of the 1800s. Yes, I was sceptical too, but I figured that she's the one with the archives!<br /><br />"Thirst quencher" was my paraphrase, sorry!BryanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550482701819539081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530972841308721533.post-84599902051215618512014-09-15T11:50:44.236+01:002014-09-15T11:50:44.236+01:00"Guinness archivist Evelyn Roche said that th..."Guinness archivist Evelyn Roche said that the original would have been typical of the working men's sub-4% thirst quenchers of the late 1700s. "<br /><br />With respect to Evelyn, the working men would have been drinking beers of about 6% to 6.5%, and they weren't thirst quenchers, they were energy givers. Even servants' small beer would hjave been around 4.5%.Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.com