Ounce of Dye Colours a million gallons Hotel keepers unaware chemist sold drip beer colouring One ounce of methyl violet, costing about 4 shillings, would colour 1,000,000 gallons of beer. Methyl violet is the dye with which hotelkeepers are now… Read More ›
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Purple dye added to beer trays to prevent publicans serving up beer slops
THE practice of placing dye or ‘ethyl violet’ in beer trays was legislated by the NSW Government in 1939. Other Australian states and territories also legislated to make the dye a requirement in trays at pubs and clubs. Reports of… Read More ›