You're probably onto something there tbh.
It’s like a Star Wars bar now and then since all the suddickers invaded the place.
You can't, not at a coat that makes it worth it anyway. If your getting a bad pint through the taps it's at more likely that it's because they don't do the lines or barely sell that brand and it's been in the line yonks.
That was the demise of Windmills too in my opinion.
Of those aged 16-30 i’m willing to bet a large % of mental health is down to two things
I Don't believe for 1 minute blokes sat talking about lumps that won't go away and worries that his marriage was on the rocks or that somedays he just didnt want to face life back in Southwick club in the 70s
You didnt have smb or whatsapp groups etc and there wasnt an acknowledgement of these problems back then so i don't see the clubs as Therapy meetings
Late 60s Echo reported that the Steward of Steels Club had Pleaded guilty to Defrauding the club . The court was told that 3 tanks (180 gallon)) had been filled with water, putting new spin on getting a pint of half and half . That the time Steels was one of the Busiest in the town . The following months the Comedians had a field day .
It's fairly easy if you have the right 'key' for the barrels.
It's not that difficult really (or never used to be) I used to work in the cellar on the boat when I was young, we never watered it down but would quite often blow kegs across and used to fill kegs full of water to rinse the lines out.
Ah, right, I always thought they were pressurized.
Nah you apply the gas in the cellar generally.
Aye the old bloke who was teaching me was ex S&N we had allsorts of things rigged up, none dodgy as such but were very helpful.
You just had to make sure the gas you'd applied when connecting the barrel was released before opening it.
I can remember my Dad telling me years and years ago about the Steward at our local WMC. They had 250 gallon vats at the time and he had it off to a 'T' how much water he could put into each without altering the gravity.
Bloody hell I'd totally forgot about the big tanks we had on the boat too as well as the kegs.
Right, I suppose, where there's a will, there's a way, I'd imagine you'd have to keep a check on how many pints had been drawn from the keg so you'd know how many pints of water to replace it with, seems a clart on, mind.
11 gallon keg - 88 pints.
Defiantly, got to say, I played the clubs in a couple of bands back in the day, and I severed my time as a Bar fitter shopfitter, so drank plenty of beer in clubs, can't say I ever had a bad pint that I remember, It was mainly places like the Mecca and Town pubs, that served dodgy pints, always took them back for a fresh one though. Still pop alone the club now and then, and the beers always spot on.
