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Flat Carling? Which are the right glasses

P J — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:02:32 +0000

Why is my Carling Flat? Are there different Carling glasses? We often get asked these questions. As we don’t work for them it is a difficult one for us to answer. Thankfully A.O. does and he wrote an answer to a question in the forum explaining how it is.

There are now 3 types of Carling glasses in circulation.

1. Carling ‘normal’ glasses with the white widget in the bottom of the glass.

2. Carling ‘Extra Cold’ glasses with a larger white widget in the bottom of the glass and the words ‘EXTRA COLD’ molded into the sides of the glass.

3. The brand new laser etched glasses (no white widget-looks like the bottom of the glass has been attacked with a big nail; These are universal – for use with Carling ‘normal’ & Carling ‘Extra Cold’

The white widget glasses are to be discontinued and only the laser etched glass will be issued.

This is a pity because the the white widget is an excellent indicator of glass condition, i.e if the widget looks yellow when the glass is placed on a sheet of white paper, it requires ‘renovating’ with renovate powder.

Internal company rumour has it that the ‘white widget’ glasses were the first widget glasses in the world that were designed with a scientific level of ‘widgeting’ – Molson Coors Brewers actually researched and developed a full specification for a producing a consistent level of widgeting!

In fact some batches of white widget ‘Extra Cold’ widget glasses were so powerfull that the head on the Carling would actually grow after being poured – sort of like an icecream cone.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Andy_O

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Who owns the equipment in my pub?

P J — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:50:59 +0000

There can be a lot of different scenarios and reasons for wanting to find out. For example who services your remote cooler when it breaks down? With a lot of Pubs changing hands at the moment, one of your priorities when you first take over the outlet should be to find the Principal supplier. So when your remote cooler does break down (they always seem to break down on the weekend) you know who to call out.

To find your principal service provider the rule of thumb has always been, each brand has been responsible for their own specific equipment, and the Brewer who has the most taps on the bar, is also responsible for the Python, Remote Cooler, Cleaning system and Gas system. So give them a ring just to check, nothing is written in stone these days, don’t leave it till the last minute.

So be aware if you change your Lagers or Bitters the ownership of your main equipment may change so check this out at the time and register this fact with your new supplier, otherwise your stress levels could go through the roof.

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How to change a beer keg

Stan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:37:04 +0000

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 it.

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