The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-12 00:00:00

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A.LLSOPP'S PALE ALE AND DR.
GLOVER •
The circulation given to a statement tending to invalidate the
expression of Dr. Glover's opinion in favour of Pale Ale, compels
Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS to connect this remarkable dis-
tribution of a calumny with other infamous attacks upon their
firm which they have reason to know proceed from au unworthy
and unnefghbourly jealously.
Messrs. ALI.,OPP and SONS, in reply, deem it their beat
course to adopt the same line of conduct as in the case of the
similar perversion a❑d mutilation of Baron Liebig's meaning, so
indignantly repudiated by that eminent man himself. They pub-
lish, therefore, without abridgement, the letter they received from
Dr. Glover, (having his permission to do so) ; a letter the more
valuable because it was not intended for publication, and an evi-
dence of that learned Chemist's just appreciation of Pale Ale.
DR. GLOVEIL TO MR. ALLSOPP.
" Newcastle-on-Tyne, Aprill
" Sir,—lt was not my intention, in writing the hasty note to
The Lancet,' to cast any reflections upon, or to implicate in any
way, respectable brewers of pale ale.
Whets I first saw the statement about the alleged use of strych-
nine in bittering ale, I looked upon the assertion as incredible, both
on account of the price of the drug and the symptoms it would
create ; but on experiment, I found that strychnine posses•es such
wonderful bitterness, tins it mght perhaps be used as AN ArauvANT
at lea•t bv UNPRINCIPLED recsoxs In short, my object was simply
to shovr that the thing was not altogether so impossible as it ap-
peared at first sight to be.
My opinio i is, that hops should not enjoy the exclusive privilege
of being used for bittering beer ; but I do nut pretend to discuss the
point with practical men.
" I know there are bitters which might be used beneficially, in a
medical point of vice'.
~ Stith retard to analysing your beer, my time is taken up, 83
far as analysing and chcii.istry,re concerned, with two kinds of in-
quiries-Ist, those which are purely scientifi, ; and 2d, those which
a e profitable. Ifyou wish me, in the latter capacity, to analyse
and rep re on your beer, 1, o course, can have no objection.
•' I have to prepare for an ab ence of three or tour days-to-morrow,
ant so be.; you to excuse me replying to the letter of Mr. Bottinger,
for which I em much obliged.

(Signed)

" Tours, &c..
" R. 31. GLOVER.

" II Allsopp, Esq
" P.S. I presume you will hardly expect me to write to • The
Lancet.' However, I shall be at home on Thursday evening, and
most assuredly have no desire to say anything which could wtaken
the confidence of the public in your beer. But that I am not now
in the habit of drinking Inter Beer, I should be glad to show my
confidence by drinking plenty of it.''
Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS beg to refer to the letter of Mr.
HENRY ALLSOPP on this subject, in the ' Monthly Journal of
Medical Science " for October, in the concluding paragraph of which
It is said—
" I inserted Dr. Glover's good-natured remark on my Bitter Beer
as an • incidental testimonial'—no more. I never called it ' a cer-
tificate,' nor did I apply to him, or any other medical gentleman, for
one. lam not responsible that such a construction has been placed
upon the off-hand expressions of goodj opinion which have been sent
to me from all quarters."
Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS, in conclusion, wish to draw the
attention of the public and the trade to the fact, that, by this dis-
ingenuous system of attack and the perversions of facts gratui-
tously adopted, they are unwillingly drawn into that publicity the
courting of which is made an accusation against them.
Burton-on-Trent, Oct. 8, 1852.

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