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Posted by barryriley on 2013-03-19 02:30:46
I'm quite shocked! When I first started working as a barman (gulp, in the 1960s!), many pubs in Manchester had return to barrel systems, which is why pubs had signs on the bar saying 'Do not ask for your glass to be refilled' - a rule that was strictly adhered to. When I moved to London in 1969, I was amazed to see that refilling customers glasses was the norm, then I realised that these pubs did not use the 'Manchester' system. I'm not sure when the return to barrel system was abandoned in Manchester but it was probably in the early 1970s. In the light of what we know now, this should not be tolerated today. However, I would like to point out that many (and I mean many) landlords in the past used to return beer from drip trays to the barrel - I know, I've seen it done. And they weren't too choosy about what was in the drip trays. We had a constant battle in our pub to ensure that the staff knew how to pull a proper pint, without it overflowing into the drip tray. At the end of an evenings session, J. used to empty the drip trays into pint glasses and line them up on the bar for the staff to see the wastage. It usually did the trick, especially with the odd hint about deductions from wages (never carried out!). I blame the swan-neck dispensers for many of the present day ills in British pubs - I thought that Camra had banned them from GBG pubs but this doesn't seem to be the case?
 
Followups:
                     Re-dispensed Beer by Nick B. on  2013-03-19 04:42:10
                       Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) by Nick B. on  2013-03-19 04:54:42
                       Re-dispensed Beer by barryriley on  2013-03-19 08:07:42
                         Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) by barryriley on  2013-03-19 08:24:23
                           Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) by Mark Andersen on  2013-03-19 08:40:53
                             Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) by barryriley on  2013-03-20 04:10:53
                           Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) by Jason on  2013-03-21 06:43:01
                             Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) by Chap on  2013-03-21 09:40:15
                             Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) by Nick B. on  2013-03-22 01:39:55
                               Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) by Jason on  2013-03-22 06:21:50
                               Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) by Jason on  2013-03-22 06:25:07
                                 Re-dispensed Beer (cont.) by Nick B. on  2013-03-22 08:27:59
                           Fractional-pint Measures in the UK by Nick B. on  2013-03-27 01:15:56
                             Fractional-pint Measures in the UK by barryriley on  2013-03-27 12:39:28
                               W. J. Kavanagh's by Fred Waltman on  2013-03-27 16:22:01
                               Multi-tap pubs by mike004 on  2013-03-28 09:03:20
                                 Multi-tap pubs by barryriley on  2013-03-28 10:14:38
                                   Multi-beer-engine pubs by Nick B. on  2013-03-29 05:45:25
                                   Multi-tap pubs by DonS on  2013-03-29 07:04:39
                                     Multi-tap pubs by mike004 on  2013-03-29 07:14:31
                                       Multi-tap pubs by Nick B. on  2013-03-30 02:43:16
                                         Multi-tap pubs by barryriley on  2013-03-31 07:44:47
                                           Multi-tap pubs by Fred Waltman on  2013-03-31 08:06:53
                                             Lagering for Annafest by Nick B. on  2013-03-31 11:16:16
                                               Lagering for Annafest by Fred Waltman on  2013-03-31 12:31:15
                                                 Lagering for Annafest by barryriley on  2013-04-01 09:27:35