Editorial

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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All beers have a best before date label stuck to the top of the keg. When taking delivery of any beer it is of great importance, firstly that a best before label is attached and secondly that the date indicated will give you at least several weeks in which to sell it. As in...
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Now is a good time for us all to look at ways of saving money in our businesses, and beat the credit crunch. Taking a fresh look at how and why we do things in our bars and pubs could save us some big money. Lets take a fresh look at the bar. Having...
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Ok!  I will accept it is needed in some venues, but when I order a pint I like to see it poured at a 45 degree angle forming into a nice head when it is presented. When it gets thrown into a glass in three seconds it looks like slop. I hope the three...
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This gives me the goose bumps every time I see it, reminds me of the times when I have nearly fallen through myself. There are lots of pubs out there with access to the cellar via a hatch behind the bar and there always seems to be nasty sharp metal objects to land on...
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It occurred to us recently while doing some essential research at the bar of a large pub in town, that something was missing on the bar. Amongst the huge array of dripping towers of extra cold this and super cooled lagers, smooth flow this and creamy pour extra the other, there was a glaring...
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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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How to change a beer keg with a sankey keg coupler used mainly by Carlsberg Uk and Scottish and Newcastle Breweries. As demonstrated by Innserve the UK’s biggest contractor. Slight glitch you would of course turn the coupler anti clockwise (not clockwise as stated) to disconnect from the container, otherwise you will never remove...
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Will the fast dispense beer tap take off in this country probably, perhaps not just yet. These taps originate from America with a 99 dollar per tap lease. In this economic climate they will obviously be for use in high volume accounts. The agent in this country is fasttaps.co.uk the widget themselves fit onto...
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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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