Cocksfoot Seed and Lager Beer
Sir, —Although, unable to answer fully the questions asked by “Puzzled” in the Press of Pebruary 14, regarding the uses to which cocksfoot is put, it may assist him if I quote the following from an item in the general news Column of the Press of Pebruary 23, 1935, headed, ‘‘Cocksfoot and Lager Beer”: “(Jr. H. T. J. Thacker said that on Banks Peninsula some years ago they often wondered what became of the 25,0011 or 30,000 sacks of cocksfoot that were exported ... It was discovered that the cocksfoot exported went to Germany, where it was mixed with the grain from which larger beer was made. They were unable to get the high standard oi lager beer without the cocksfoot.” Perhaps some other reader can state whether cocksfoot seed is still exported to Germany for the purpose mentioned; and if not, whether the Germans have discovered a substitute or are contenting themselves with inferior lager.— Yours, etc., HEADER. (A letter to a Southern paper.)
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 44, 22 February 1936, Page 12
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