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Vintage, now long since demolished London Brewery, a rareLondon historic beer / Brewery advertising glass, you wont find another, awesome history.
1930s or so Barclay\'s London lager beer UK brewery with a tremendous history, (This Barclay was a part of the banking family / company that is well known today, RARE and VINTAGE.)
\"Barclay, Perkins & Co. was one of London’s largest breweries for more than 150 years. It was formed in 1781 when chief clerk John Perkins and Robert Barclay, a member of the Barclay banking family, purchased Henry Thrale’s Anchor brewery from Henry’s widow, Hester. Famed lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson, a friend of the Thrales, commented, “Sir, we are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.”
The brewery fared well under its new owners. By 1809, with an annual output of more than 325,000 hl (260,000 barrels) it was not only the largest brewery in London, but the largest in the world.
Barclay Perkins was one of the first breweries in London to brew lager.
Barclay’s London LagerBarclay Perkins began experimenting with Lager during WW I. Once the war was over, they lost no time in entering Lager production seriously.Barclay’s opened their shiny Lager brew house in 1921 and employed a Danish brewer, Arthur Henius, to run it.Unlike today,Lager was a posh drink in the 1920’s.
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