Doom Bar is our only regular ale.
The other 3 change about, although we have Pride of Oxford in a fair bit as the guys with the brewery are nice guys and it's fucking cheap.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:36, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

What is cheap for there?
Also, much to my shame, I've never tried Doom Bar.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:38, Reply)

I pay around 45 quid for a 9 gallon barrel.
So its almost 50p a pint to me. I charge 3 quid a pint for it.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:57, Reply)

i love a bit of Doom Bar

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:39, Reply)

I don't like Doom Bar on draught, but I like it bottled.
I suspect it should be the other way around.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:40, Reply)

Bottled is fine, it's cans which are the devil's work

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:42, Reply)

why do beers taste so different depending on draft/bottled/can?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:46, Reply)

Cans react. Glass doesn't.

( Kroney, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:47, Reply)

why don't they make them from something non reactive?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:48, Reply)

This is verging on the whiskey debate
Cans don't react. That's why you can stuff to preserve it.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:49, Reply)

so why does beer not taste as nice from a can?!!! :S

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:50, Reply)

Pour it into a glass.
Hope this helps.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:51, Reply)

what if the "glass" is made from wood?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:52, Reply)

Then it's a mug.

( Kroney, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, Reply)

Or a tree.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, Reply)

I think I know where I've been going wrong

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:54, Reply)

no YOURN ARE

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, Reply)

I'm just parroting what these people say.
I don't know the truth of it.
( Kroney, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:51, Reply)

The can affects flavour (slight metal taste)
Some beers are "bottle conditioned" so are still fermenting in the bottle to get the right taste.
Even how a pint is pulled affects the flavour, to do with bubbles etc, and also how it's looked after from brewery to pump.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:50, Reply)

I might invent a non-reactive plastic can
who wants to crowdsourch fund me?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:51, Reply)

No it fucking doesn't
You pull the pump, the beer comes out, you drink it. If the pub doesn't clean the lines then you can get a load of manky rnacid beer in with your nice beer which ruins it, but the action of pouring has no fucking effect at all. And none of if tastes "peaty"
(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:53, Reply)

Hand pumped tastes different from electric pumped
the electric one being generally shit.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:56, Reply)

do you have a chin strap beard and napsack?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:57, Reply)

No, it's becasue the only beers that are electric pumped are shit ones like "John Smiths" and "Tetleys"

(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:58, Reply)

This is true, however they are also available hand pumped
which makes them passable in the absence of anything better.
Food and drink companies devote a lot of money and research into how bubbles and foams affect taste and texture. Particularly in the case of cakes!
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:02, Reply)

This is boring me.
And I spent 3 hours at the weekend reading about the temperatures different hops break down.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 11:22, Reply)

You're more of a fan of the 'Gay Bar' I should imagine.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 10:43, Reply)