Keith's Ad Recipe

Bytowner · Post by **Bytowner** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:27 am

The actual investigation into the recipe is, IMO, kinda stupid and petty, but the snafu is funny enough.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1 ... 5.facebook

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:46 am

Looks like this was uncovered by the Brewnosers, interestingly the IPA recipe Keiths used in the commercial lists Malt Extract, probably something more likely to be used now than when Alexander Keith first made the beer.

http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... 5d5b95efd7

rejtable · Post by **rejtable** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:40 am

My favourite part is where the Keith's flunky talks about how they'd never publish the real recipe for fear of someone replicating it.

I think you're safe there, buddy!

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:08 pm

The funniest thing is this:

http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... 5d5b95efd7

Where someone on the Brewnosers board finds that they lifted out dialogue from a homebrew message board...

...Maybe they hired Margaret Wente to do research.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:03 pm

The old recipe is here for posterity:
http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic ... 35&start=0

1897 specs here:
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.ca/2009/ ... anada.html

Still... those who like it, like it a lot!
http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic ... ght=#16568

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:29 pm

Derek wrote:
Still... those who like it, like it a lot!
http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic ... ght=#16568

Some mighty dirty skeletons in closets around here....

Kel Varnsen · Post by **Kel Varnsen** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:56 pm

icemachine wrote:Looks like this was uncovered by the Brewnosers, interestingly the IPA recipe Keiths used in the commercial lists Malt Extract, probably something more likely to be used now than when Alexander Keith first made the beer.

http://www.brewnosers.org/forums/viewto ... 5d5b95efd7

It is too bad it is an Extract brew since (I am no marketing guy) but it would be kind of an awesome PR move if the recognized the mistake and then decided to make a batch of the recipe they used at their Halifax brewery.

rejtable · Post by **rejtable** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:00 am

Didn't Greg Nash put some kegs around town once based on the original recipe?