BS: Unabashed keg bitter

Subject: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 22 Feb 12 - 06:52 AM

In my opinion there are many many beverages (particularly those with "Smooth" in their titles)
Keg beer suffers from the infusion of too much gas, which does not make it a good drink when dancing at ceilidhs.

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: gnomad
Date: 22 Feb 12 - 08:36 AM

Why the last four words? Anytime, I'd have said.

A very few kegs can, when equipment is meticulously maintained, be fair enough. The problem is that very few of those selling keg know good from bad, and even fewer will put in the effort. Most of those who will put in the work do so on real beer, unsurprising when you consider how much better their efforts may be rewarded.

My ceilidh days are past now, but as I recall it too much of any drink tended to impair, but a modest consumption of decent (proper) beer aided enjoyment without taking too much from the performance.

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: Mr Happy
Date: 22 Feb 12 - 09:00 AM

Beats me why they add gas at all.

Why not just have a barrel with a tap & spile?

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 23 Feb 12 - 03:24 AM

Because it's been sterilised, ie. flat so it needs gas to serve it and make it taste somewhat similar to beer.

Dave H

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 23 Feb 12 - 05:33 AM

Keg 'bitter' also seems too sweet for me. I like bitter to be just that. The perfect ale would be NOT gassy, NOT ice cold and NOT too sweet. (Fussy old bat aren't I?)

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: Newport Boy
Date: 23 Feb 12 - 03:38 PM

You may be a fussy old bat, Eliza - but you're my sort of fussy old bat!!

Phil

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: EBarnacle
Date: 23 Feb 12 - 03:54 PM

Cheap beer needs carbonation to hide the fact that it does not taste good.

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 23 Feb 12 - 06:12 PM

Some folks is teetotal, they drink Watneys neat.... anyone remember the party 7s that used to circulate from party to party but nobody wanted to drink them..?

Kitty

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: GUEST,PeterC
Date: 23 Feb 12 - 06:43 PM

anyone remember the party 7
I have just spent 45 years trying to forget!

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 24 Feb 12 - 04:25 AM

Party 7 (other brands were available)
The beer was passable (I should know, I passed quite a bit of it) but the format was handy.
• Easier to carry than 3½ flagons
• The empty cans made great chimneys for makeshift ovens at Scout camp!

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 25 Feb 12 - 04:08 AM

We used to call it Grotneys.

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: GUEST,Captain Swing
Date: 25 Feb 12 - 05:54 AM

Recently I was in my local, a very good real ale pub. There were four different beers on sale ranging from 3.4% to 4.9%. A customer came to the bar and asked for a taster .............. of the smoothflow! Now call me a pompous old git if you like, but isn't that like going to MacDonalds and asking for your burger to be cooked medium to well?

Subject: RE: BS: Unabashed keg bitter
From: GUEST,Captain Swing
Date: 25 Feb 12 - 05:55 AM

Then, despite having tasted it, he proceeded to buy two pints of it.