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- From: M.Enderby@daresbury.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: alt.beer
- Subject: Re: Head calming?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.134308.326@gserv1.dl.ac.uk>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 13:43:08 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.172702.24114@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <MK.92Nov18122614@firth.aisb.ed.ac.uk>
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- I'm certainly not from the south. The issue is nothing to do with heads
- on beer. If the beer does not have natural condition then no amount of
- sparkler/swan necks etc is going to save it. The condition is intrinsic
- to the beer - not it's method of serving.
- This leads to an interesting discussion on how beers are served.
- Generally beers designed to be served with a head have to be more
- highly conditioned that those that aren't since the sparkler will
- knock some condition out of the beer. Beers like Tetleys tend to be
- over conditioned if served without a sparkler (or on gravity) and
- beers such as Youngs can be lacking in condition when served through
- a tight sparkler. This has led to swan necks and sparklers appearing
- down south to serve Tetley's, unfortunately, they then serve southern
- beers through them which destroy their character (this has probably
- nothing to do with the fact that they can then get away with short measure
- ;-) )
- I'm a great believer in drinking beer on it's home patch in it's
- normal state - ie with tight head/loose head/no head etc - that way
- you appreciate it better !
- Cheers,
- Mark
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