Pint of Beer

[Diver Fred]

I'm in Yorkshire for a few days...

Am I being unreasonable for refusing a pint glass of beer with a 2 inch head? I asked nicely for it to be topped up.

According to the bar maid who poured it I am!

 

[Highway Man]

I'm in Yorkshire for a few days...

Am I being unreasonable for refusing a pint glass of beer with a 2 inch head? I asked nicely for it to be topped up.

According to the bar maid who poured it I am!

Its how we like beer in this neck of the woods, nothing wrong with asking for it to be topped up though as quite a lot do.

 

[Mottie]

I always thought you had to have beer topped right up to the pint mark on the glass unless the head is a fundamental part of the drink, such as a Guinness?,

 

[Diver Fred]

I always thought you had to have beer topped right up to the pint mark on the glass unless the head is a fundamental part of the drink, such as a Guinness?,

On a 22ounce glass then filled to the 'Pint' line.

Sadly on a 20ounce glass the legal decision is 5% can be head - that is a lot less than 2 inches of wind and froth.

 

[Elsa TLC]

Your justified

 

[securespark]

Back in the 80s, Boddies pubs had metered pumps with a horizontal glass cylinder full of beer.
Push the lever one way and you got exactly half a pint. Push it back the other and you got another. This was dispensed into an oversized glass with a line and room for a head.

So you got exactly a pint and a head.

It's amazing how many establishments try and do you out of a full pint these days.

Pubs serving beer in lined glasses are your best bet.

 

[blup]

It’s called a Yorkshire pint

 

[fixitflav]

On a 22ounce glass then filled to the 'Pint' line.

Sadly on a 20ounce glass the legal decision is 5% can be head - that is a lot less than 2 inches of wind and froth.

I remember many years ago oversize glasses with a pint line, but I haven't seen one for ages. Maybe other parts of the country still have them.

 

[JohnD]

I remember many years ago oversize glasses with a pint line, but I haven't seen one for ages. Maybe other parts of the country still have them.

That's why a London pint is bigger than a Northern pint.

Londoners pay for a pint, and get it, plus a bit of froth.

Northern glasses are specifically designed to prevent the customer getting a pint.

Apparently they like it that way.

 

[SPLINE]

Back in the 80s, Boddies pubs had metered pumps with a horizontal glass cylinder full of beer.

I remember those! All Boddies pubs were wonderful, shame they disappeared. Population replacement again.

 

[Highway Man]

Quantity isn't as important as how the beer is kept, I only drink beer with vodka chasers usually so I like a head on the beer to keep it alive longer.

 

[fixitflav]

That's why a London pint is bigger than a Northern pint.

Londoners pay for a pint, and get it, plus a bit of froth.

Northern glasses are specifically designed to prevent the customer getting a pint.

Apparently they like it that way.

I'd rather pay northern price for just under a pint than London price for a full one.

 

[SPLINE]

I like a good head on a pint, it's a sign of the condition of the beer, and it has never bothered me that there will be less liquid because of it! That has only become a 'thing' to moan about in recent years. I can, most times, tell from the foam (it's colour and consistency) whether it's going to be good pint. No head is an immediate warning sign. Whilst some different types of beers do not have much of a head, I would reject a pint of bitter, mild or stout that had none.

 

[securespark]

I remember those! All Boddies pubs were wonderful, shame they disappeared. Population replacement again.

I don't know how you work that out..

The clock started ticking on the Boddies pub estate once the brewery was sold and six years after the company changed hands, in 1995, the pubs were sold to Greenall Whitley.

Does that fit in with your population replacement agenda?

 

[fixitflav]

Back in the 80s, Boddies pubs had metered pumps with a horizontal glass cylinder full of beer.
Push the lever one way and you got exactly half a pint. Push it back the other and you got another. This was dispensed into an oversized glass with a line

I remember them, but were they used for real ales or only canister?