Bollocks
Lager kegs are sealed and gas is added on the premises. If you tamper with a barrel to get it open the breweries don't take them back and refill them. Also, lager left to it's own devices starts to seperate, especially if kept warm, after a few days, and will taste horrendous, even goths aren't that stupid. You could put it in to an ale barrel, but again, you can't tamper with them or the brewery won't take them, You could technically get it in via funnel, but i doubt anyone is that desperate to fleece goths.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:13, 3 replies)

Oh yes, of course
I'm obviously making this all up.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:16, closed)

How did the nice manager get the beer back in the barrell?
and re-gas it after breaking a seal?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:18, closed)

But
they didn't need to send it back to the brewery to refill, they were refilling it themselves. As for repressurising it, you can certainly get barrels that you can apply CO2 to yourself, to help drive the beer to the tap, because our local hall uses them.
(richardm, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:26, closed)

This is true
As is said, you could do it with ale barrels, but then you have to sell it off Handpumps rather than lager taps as the gas used and pressure ratios are different, you won't get it properly fizzy like lager. All lager arrives not fizzy and you add CO2 on the premises. And it'll still be seperated and taste like piss.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:32, closed)

Given that goths are wont to drink
snakebite'n'black, I'm inclined to believe this story.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 20:12, closed)

It can be done....
as I used to do it every day myself.
1) Disconnect lager pipe from barrel
2) Use 'dummy' connector to sloooooowly release gas pressure from barrel
3)Use pipe-wrench to unscrew feed pipe from barrel
4)Use cask ale filter set-up to filter second-hand lager into barrel
5)When done, re-install feed pipe, tighten and gas up barrel

Easy! This method can be used with most crappy lagers like Carlsberg etc, but not with 'premiums' like Wifebeater, as it ruins the taste.
(Mao's stepson is doing his bit for East/West relation's, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 5:34, closed)