Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Barclay (and) Perkins n.

[the London brewers Barclay, Perkins & Co.]

beer, stout.

[UK]G.A. Sala Gaslight and Daylight 68: I know what Barclay and Perkins mean, I hope; — what Combe and Delafield — what Truman, Hanbury and Buxton — what Calvert and Co. [...] They all mean Beer.
[UK]J. Ware Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era.