On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 10:47:38AM +0200, Brian Howitz wrote: > Da jeg var ?lfestivallen sidst s? jeg p? Charlie's bar stand at de havde en > form for vandret liggende fad?l's anker, hvor de i bokstavligste forstand > slog ankeret an med en k?mpe hammer(det var tappe hanen de bankede ind i > ankeret) > S? ville jeg h?re om der er nogen som selv bruger den slags anker? Og hvad > fordelen/ulempen er i forhold til andre slags anker. de virkede nemlig > umiddelbart ret simple. S? vidt jeg kunne se var der ingen co2 tilf?rsel og > den slags.
That would be "Real Ale" casks. As you noticed, no CO2 at all, but proper English hand pumps, or a tap straight out of the cask. Sweet and simple. The drawback is of course that without CO2, they have to let ordinary air into the cask when beer is let out, and that starts to oxidize the beer. This means that a cask has to be emptied within a few days of opening it, or the rest be thrown out. Also, the lack of extra CO2 makes this form limits the amount of head and bubbles in the beer, which is fine for English style Ales, but might not suit a weizen or a pilsner. -H -- Heikki Levanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In Murphy We Turst"
