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Post by fredg on Jul 28, 2020 21:13:39 GMT
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Post by dvg on Jul 28, 2020 22:54:02 GMT
The faces have changed, but the music's the same.  The bar scene was interesting with the way the barmaid "pumped" the pints.  A time shot of a bygone era for sure... Even Elsie and Jerry Booth made an appearance there.  dvg |
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Post by stevebooth on Jul 30, 2020 15:15:43 GMT
Still got beer engines in a lot of our pubs Doug, but pulling a pint still needs skill.
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Post by dvg on Jul 30, 2020 15:23:04 GMT
Hi Steve, we don't have those here, the kegs are pressurized with CO2. In Fred's video clip, that really caught my eye, with the barmaid doing a full pull on the lever, and then a partial pull, to fill up the rest of that pint. Beer engines - very cool! Have not looked into them yet, but it seems like a piston is employed in conjunction with the lever to pour out the ales.  dvg |
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Post by fredg on Jul 30, 2020 19:34:16 GMT
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Post by stevebooth on Jul 31, 2020 8:13:14 GMT
They do (arguably but definitely in my opinion) deliver a much better quality pint than the keg variety. Keg beer bought in, in the 60s I think, although invented a lot earlier, by breweries as it was a lot easier to keep and dispense a sterile beer rather than a live beer, plus the wasteage was less. I'm sure many will remember the (non) joys of Watneys Red, Double Diamond and Whitbread Tankard (that we used to Spoonerise).
I have one or two engines kicking about the house somewhere, I wil have to rekindle my brewing prowess.
Eeeh I remember when it were all fields you know.
Cheers
Steve
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Post by dvg on Jul 31, 2020 13:10:38 GMT
I'm happy with a stout, though a porter or two will do in a pinch.
Cheers,
Doug
dvg
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not here it isn't