One of the most underrated British beers there is, Mackeson. I bet readers of a certain age will well remember the very old TV advertisement extolling the virtues of a very special beer. It went something like this “Mackeson, looks good tastes good, and by golly it does you good.” For those younger than...
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Pub Closures
The demise of the British pub continues unabated. People just seem to accept the sight of boarded up pubs. The British landscape has changed for ever. As much a part of our culture as the Royal Family, fish and chips and Coronation Street, our pubs are sadly disappearing off the cultural map of Great...
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Cask Ale anywhere?
As they say “where there is a will, there is a way.” With cask beer seemingly the only sector of the beer market that is growing, it makes sense that more retailers will want to sell this product and grab a share of the market. What I suspect is stopping more cask ale being...
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Cask taps
As an integral part of dispensing cask beer, cask taps are very important items of equipment. Without using proper well maintained cask taps selling good quality cask beer will be difficult. With every pint of your precious cask beer flowing through these taps they play a key role in ensuring consistent good quality...
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Which is the best beer line cleaner?
As with all things in life the cheapest is not always the best, so when selecting a beer line cleaning product it is best to go for a well known branded product. Look for one that will give exceptional cleaning and disinfection in all water conditions. Asking other licensees is a good idea, or...
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Auto Tilts
Auto tilts, or automatic cask tilting stillages, have been around for some years. Designed as a more efficient replacement for traditional forms of stillaging cask beers, the auto tilt has been a tremendous success, bringing new technology to traditional cask beer husbandry. Traditionally pubs always had built in stillaging in their cellars, either...
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Beer Line Cleaning Instructions using a gas pump cleaning system with 1 or 2 cleaning containers
1.0 Pre Rinse 1.1 Switch off inline flash coolers. 1.2 Fill water cleaning container with water. 1.3 Turn off gas supply to keg couplers. 1.4 Connect keg couplers to cleaning main and press to open position. 1.5 Turn on cleaning main gas pump. 1.6 Unscrew sparklers from dispense taps and immerse in a receptacle...
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Beer line cleaning using a gas pump
1.0 Pre Rinse 1.1 Switch off inline flash coolers. 1.2 Fill water cleaning container with water. 1.3 Turn off gas supply to keg couplers. 1.4 Connect keg couplers to cleaning main and press to open position. 1.5 Turn on cleaning main gas pump. 1.6 Unscrew sparklers from dispense taps and immerse in a receptacle...
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