On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:30:23 +0200, The Submarine Captain wrote:
> Bill Hewitt a écrit :
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>> I was intrigued, in Amsterdam, to see a Hoegarden truck pull up and
>> run, a power cable and a hose into each pub to deliver beer. How does
>> this work ? Do they refill kegs or is it dispenced from a refilable
>> tank. I know it's not real beer, but, having never seen beer delivered
>> to a pub by hose before how it is done.
>>
> Tanks in the pub's cellars, usually with a big plastic pouch in them.
> The beer is pumped from the truck into the pouch, and then from the tank
> to the glass.
This was quite common practice in British pubs and clubs in the 60s and
70s, not with cask conditioned beer (obviously) but with filtered but
unpasteurised bright beer. I used to drink this stuff in a Daven****ts pub
in Northfield, Birmingham in the late 70s (there was nothing better
available).
Paul
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