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The extremely cold weather is likely to be with us for some time to come. So there are a couple of important items for you, the landlord to be aware of, that might affect your safety and your profits. 1.Keep a close eye on your remote cooler during the freeze. In particular if you...
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The cleaning of all beer lines is of utmost importance to the beer retailer. Regular beer line cleaning keeps your beer on top form and your profits in good shape as well. The cleaning of cask ale beer lines however requires a little more attention if you are to provide the perfect pint. The...
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As the old saying goes “familiarity breeds contempt”. Whilst visiting a beer cellar recently one of our contributing technicians came across a safety issue that affects us all. As he was doing his technical thing with the spanners he noticed the landlord was cleaning the beer lines. Fine no problem there he thought but...
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As sure as Night follows day so too will this present recession come to an end-or that’s the theory anyway. Already the financial pundits are carefully hinting about the green shoots of recovery and the light shinning at the end of the financial tunnel. Let us hope for once they are right. So what...
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Whilst doing my rounds today,I visited an account, a Working Mens Social Club actually. After doing what I had to do,I was chatting to the chairman over a nice cup of tea. We ended up talking about the price of beer, and how expensive it was to buy. He went on to tell me...
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Next to keeping your beer lines in good clean condition, glass-washer cleanliness is the next most important. One of the most neglected pieces of kit in any pub or bar is usually the most important one , your glass-washer. To serve beers in top condition it is essential to have an efficient clean machine...
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Vertical Stillage On a recent call-out, one of our contributing Technicians was chatting to a landlord over a bacon butty when the subject of cask beer came up. The landlord said that he would love to sell cask beer but that he didn’t have the space in his cellar for all the stillages. However...
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Well it comes to us all sooner or later, the need to to put back the sparkle into our lives, I mean glass ware. Here at Inndoctor we suggest that you Renovate your beer glasses sooner rather than later. As we are coming up to what we all hope is our busiest trading period, dare we mention...
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There used to be a tradition amongst brewers of brewing cask Winter Ales especially for the Christmas market. One springs to mind that I remember was brewed by Walkers Brewery. It was called Winter Warmer. I recollect that it was great stuff, almost red in colour, very toffee flavoured and not for the faint...
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If you look through the pages of Inndoctor you will see the importance we place on good beer line cleaning procedures in the cellar. The basic methodology is quite simple and is covered in some detail on this site. However there is an area which we believe we have not covered and that is...
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