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Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) |
| Posted by barryriley on 2013-03-20 04:10:53 |
| I remember coming to Ireland around 1963, when pubs still had wooden casks of porter and stout on stillages behind the bar. There was always a half pint or more in a glass beneath each tap, I believe usually from an older barrel. When a pint was ordered, this was topped up from a newer barrel. I suppose that it meant you never had a really bad pint but I can't remember what it tasted like. Someone remerked on a web forum that Guinness simply invented the two-part pour as a way of covering the move from proper beer to the kegged variety that we suffer today - probably true, as they have always been better at marketing and selling the stuff than making it! |