A decent number of attempts, all guesses. No-one got more than 2 correct. Clearly not enough time for any research. Research? What’s that? Oh Yes, it is in the name of the Society. They are all here on the website, some in more than one place. Brewers in Lancashire might have been a start if anyone realised Old Tom was likely to be a northern brew. One well-known beer blogger guessed they were all Robinson’s. So, no prizes for the competition, but the three re-tweeters will all get something. I might even reward myself.
4 Comments
12 December, 2020
at 12:02 pm
Only 2 right for me, I Love the Hammond’s
Label , Pre 1914
Cheers
Edd
12 December, 2020
at 1:58 pm
My question, where did the name of the beer ‘Old Tom’ come from? Is it a beer style or a local story? It may be a stupid question, but still….
12 December, 2020
at 4:01 pm
It seems unlikely that other brewers would name their beer after a cat in the Robonson’s brewery. Another possible exlanation is that the beer was signaling its strength by associating its name with the folk memory of Old Tom Gin which dominated the British gin market in the 18th and 19th centuries before dying out in the 1940’s.
https://www.ginfoundry.com/insights/introduction-old-tom-gin/
14 December, 2020
at 9:44 pm
All of them would have been a stones throw from my house if they were still open. There is a building 2 minutes from my house, which I am still to determine its function, that bears the Gartside’s name on the exterior wall. Sad I didn’t get it!