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Tapping a keg of beer

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  • 19-10-2014 7:14pm
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    danjo-xx
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    In these modern times, should the first pint out of a new barrel be thrown down the sink or can it be served up.

    Also what about last pint out of a barrel.


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    BeerNut
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    It's all the same liquid.

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    danjo-xx
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    BeerNut wrote: »
    It's all the same liquid.

    but not all the same taste!


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    BeerNut
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    The only things that'll affect the taste from one pint to the next are the lines and glass, and how old the beer is.

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    danjo-xx
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    No one likes the first pint out of a barrell if nothing has been drawn off first.

    Had to give a few back meself.


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    symbolic
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    danjo-xx wrote: »
    No one likes the first pint out of a barrell if nothing has been drawn off first.

    Had to give a few back meself.

    What is your query?


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    danjo-xx
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    symbolic wrote: »
    What is your query?


    Last night a keg was changed and barman came back to tap and filled my glass with a hugh head of froth in the glass and kept pouring and tipping out the foam till got a normal head and then served it up to me.

    That can't be right. Would you accept a pint that was speed poured like this.

    My query is as stated.

    Can drink from a new barrel be served straight away to customer.


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    Duncan31
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    Sounds normal enough. He has to waste a pint or two in froth before a proper point can be got.
    By the sounds of things, you got a proper looking pint not a load of froth. He could have used a fresh glass once he got the tap in working order though.


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    danjo-xx
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    Duncan31 wrote: »
    Sounds normal enough. He has to waste a pint or two in froth before a proper point can be got.
    By the sounds of things, you got a proper looking pint not a load of froth. He could have used a fresh glass once he got the tap in working order though.

    There's my point, the tap was got in working order at my expense, ie poor pint.

    Barman thought I was out of sight, and yes I know I shouldn't have accepted it in the first place.

    anyway no worries, no one dead or injured this time. :D


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    lk67
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    danjo-xx wrote: »
    Last night a keg was changed and barman came back to tap and filled my glass with a hugh head of froth in the glass and kept pouring and tipping out the foam till got a normal head and then served it up to me.

    I've had pints of O'Hara's IPA in my local served to me in this way from a new keg and they tasted great, lovely and fresh if anything.

    Your brain, eyes and thoughts play a bigger part in how a drink tastes than you think it should. I wonder if you hadn't seen it poured would the pint have tasted suspect?

    Or am I thinking it tastes great because it's a fresh keg and the foamy overspill doesn't bother me?

    Perhaps a blind person's taste buds the only truly accurate ones...


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    oblivious
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    danjo-xx wrote: »
    but not all the same taste!

    Line cleaner possibly


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    irish_goat
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    Duncan31 wrote: »
    Sounds normal enough. He has to waste a pint or two in froth before a proper point can be got.
    By the sounds of things, you got a proper looking pint not a load of froth. He could have used a fresh glass once he got the tap in working order though.

    That means the fob isn't working in the cellar, a functional one will stop the flow of beer once the keg is empty, which then allows the bartender to tap a new keg and start pouring immediately without bringing a load of air into the line. Once the froth calms down the pint will still taste the same. As the Beer Nut says, it's all the same liquid.


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