Hello ALL.....does anyone know where I can get some BREWERS PITCH in the UK, please?. Kindest regards, Davey.
BREWERS PITCH in UK.
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What is brewers pitch please and what is it used for? Dale x. ps, always wanting to learn
Pretty sure this will do the job and look the part even though it's not specifically called BREWER's PITCH.
Gum Rosin - Pine Resin
Water White grade rosin is used to make transparent varnish and lacquers for wood, and is also used in wood fillers and glues. Dissolves in turpentine substitute. Widely used in sport to prevent foot slippage it is also used to improve hand grip for gymnasts and tennis players.
bolgers.co.uk
Pretty sure this will do the job and look the part even though it's not specifically called BREWER's PITCH.
Gum Rosin - Pine Resin
Water White grade rosin is used to make transparent varnish and lacquers for wood, and is also used in wood fillers and glues. Dissolves in turpentine substitute. Widely used in sport to prevent foot slippage it is also used to improve hand grip for gymnasts and tennis players.
bolgers.co.uk
Hello Dale.....Brewer's pitch is an oil-based product purified by having hot oxygen blown through it. It is acceptable in contact with cold consumable liquids when the contact is transitory and not long-term storage, as ale and wine normally is, at least in the leather tankards and leather canteens.
We used to use it years ago for leather tankards and bottles. I believe it's not available anymore as it doesn't conform to modern food hygiene standards. Don't think Gum Rosin is even similar. We use beeswax now, you just have to re wax it now and then. However brewers pitch used to crack and had to be re heated to re seal.
Good luck and please let us know if you find it.
Roger
Good luck and please let us know if you find it.
Roger
The only person that I new sold brewers pitch has dropped off the living history circuit, but it might be worth asking Phil. He makes historic bottles and the like with pitch linings.
www.the-leather-man.co.uk
The Leather Man
The following isn’t useful 
I have two tankards by Hidebound. One is lined with brewers pitch but the other with a polymer resin because the pitch became unavailable. A few years ago they advertised that they had found a little pitch and could offer repairs to their earlier products but that offer has gone from their web site.
I have two tankards by Hidebound. One is lined with brewers pitch but the other with a polymer resin because the pitch became unavailable. A few years ago they advertised that they had found a little pitch and could offer repairs to their earlier products but that offer has gone from their web site.
It's still available, but from Europe.
dehoutdraaierij.nl
This is 'real' brewer's pitch, not the more modern petroleum extract based stuff.
"Pitch is a viscoelastic polymer which can be natural or manufactured, derived from petroleum, coal tar, or plants. Pitch produced from petroleum may be called bitumen or asphalt, while plant-derived pitch, a resin, is known as rosin in its solid form."
So, the reason that 'brewer's pitch' became unavailable was because it was basically tar being used instead of the original resin, and tar is considered potentially carcinogenic.
"Among the compounds identified in bitumen and its emissions, some have been listed as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and/or listed as carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic to reproduction (CMR) and/or hazardous by the European Union."
I have an old book, the quantities there for Brewer's Pitch are given as
Rosin, 8 parts
Lampblack, 2 parts
Beeswax, 1 part
Later recipes use ceresine wax (shale extract stuff) and then in came the petroleum derivatives.
M
Brewers pitch
dehoutdraaierij.nl
This is 'real' brewer's pitch, not the more modern petroleum extract based stuff.
"Pitch is a viscoelastic polymer which can be natural or manufactured, derived from petroleum, coal tar, or plants. Pitch produced from petroleum may be called bitumen or asphalt, while plant-derived pitch, a resin, is known as rosin in its solid form."
So, the reason that 'brewer's pitch' became unavailable was because it was basically tar being used instead of the original resin, and tar is considered potentially carcinogenic.
"Among the compounds identified in bitumen and its emissions, some have been listed as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and/or listed as carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic to reproduction (CMR) and/or hazardous by the European Union."
I have an old book, the quantities there for Brewer's Pitch are given as
Rosin, 8 parts
Lampblack, 2 parts
Beeswax, 1 part
Later recipes use ceresine wax (shale extract stuff) and then in came the petroleum derivatives.
M
Hello Toddy, many thanks for that. This is a lovely guy called Ronald, I've spoken with him via email the other day. Sadly, they do not export to the UK, but he is trying to convince someone named Simon that they should. I've asked him that if and when they do I'd like to become one of his customers. Awaiting a reply.It's still available, but from Europe.
Brewers pitch
This is 'real' brewer's pitch, not the more modern petroleum extract based stuff.
"Pitch is a viscoelastic polymer which can be natural or manufactured, derived from petroleum, coal tar, or plants. Pitch produced from petroleum may be called bitumen or asphalt, while plant-derived pitch, a resin, is known as rosin in its solid form."
So, the reason that 'brewer's pitch' became unavailable was because it was basically tar being used instead of the original resin, and tar is considered potentially carcinogenic.
"Among the compounds identified in bitumen and its emissions, some have been listed as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and/or listed as carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic to reproduction (CMR) and/or hazardous by the European Union."
I have an old book, the quantities there for Brewer's Pitch are given as
Rosin, 8 parts
Lampblack, 2 parts
Beeswax, 1 part
Later recipes use ceresine wax (shale extract stuff) and then in came the petroleum derivatives.
M
Thank you Pattree, I also emailed these guys.The following isn’t useful
I have two tankards by Hidebound. One is lined with brewers pitch but the other with a polymer resin because the pitch became unavailable. A few years ago they advertised that they had found a little pitch and could offer repairs to their earlier products but that offer has gone from their web site.
They don't deliver to the UK, however, they did give me the heads up that these chaps will be stocking it. They were correct.
Brewers Pitch
High-quality, transparent brewers pitch for sealing wooden vessels. Brewer's pitch is actually used to seal wooden beer barrels. Suitable for…
hopewoodturning.co.uk
They are now stocking it.
I had to get some from the US which cost a fortune with postage.
https://hopewoodturning.co.uk/glues-finishes./finishes-uk-main-land-delivery-only/517/brewers-pitch
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