tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post4420754262989802491..comments2024-03-29T12:39:30.010+00:00Comments on Paul's Beer & Travel Blog: Tesco Single Hopped Kentish Ale Paul Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-91201831278759758112014-12-09T20:46:20.069+00:002014-12-09T20:46:20.069+00:00Sorry for the late reply, Ashwin. Yes, I think you...Sorry for the late reply, Ashwin. Yes, I think you are right about Shep’s getting the Tesco contract because of their size; although the likes of Greene King or Marstons would have suited equally, and would probably have done a better job!<br /><br />I’m not convinced by your argument about the “skunking” effect of light on hop flavours though. It’s not for nothing that brewers have traditionally used brown glass to package their beers. From what I have read this is hard scientific fact and not a myth. For example, have a read of what this author has to say. http://www.professorbeer.com/articles/skunked_beer.html<br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-56224443648382637772014-12-05T11:53:12.186+00:002014-12-05T11:53:12.186+00:00Pretty much as expected, then, sadly. I guess they...Pretty much as expected, then, sadly. I guess they're one of few UK brewers that can physically brew on the scale needed to supply a giant supermarket chain.<br /><br />Also, while the BHA probably mean well, they come across as the UKIP loons of the brewing world. Why should all brewers "always choose British grown hops"? How utterly boring would that be.<br /><br />Ps. that "skunking" thing about light and clear glass is a complete myth. I don't know why the American bud/lite beer masses are obsessed with it, but I guess they think that any beer with any kind of flavour is faulty (similar to the way the CAMRA drones think that anything with a haze is faulty). Let's not persist that sort of nonsense over here.Ashwin Kumarnoreply@blogger.com