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and h ealthful properties t o Ca rbonic
Acid Gas, i ts absence mak es it fl a t,
stale and unpalatable, a m1 it should b e
drawn so as to r etain it.
Modern practi ce r ecommends th e
pre ·sure from Liquid Carbonic Gas for
drawing b eer fo r th ese r easons :
It
will b e k ept in its n a tural sta te
any length of time.
Th e last glass d rawn will be a s good
or better than th e first.
Imported b eer can b e k ept on
draught.
Gas whi ch would b e lost will b e r e–
pl aced by t he gas pressure.
Th e extra profi t p er b arrel will mor e
t han pay for t h e gas and outfit.
The n ext b est way t o draw b eer is
by means of a h ydraulic or hand air
pump.
Do not keep bottled b eer on ice,
but stand th e bott l es up in the ice b ox
so as to allow th e sediment to settl e,
and wh en serving open car efully ·so as
not to agitate th e contents; and pOlll'
slowly. In ser v ing bottled b eer u se
gl ass la r ge enough to hold th e conten t s
of t he bottle.
In drawing beer or in serving from
bottles b e careful not to allow th e b eer
to bverflow the gla ss a nd run down th o
sides, as it is disagr eeabl e for cus–
tomers to handle a w et glass.
Ale in bottles should ·be stood up and
poured v er y ca r efull y.
It
should be
served col d; but not k ept in i ce box,
except a supply suffi ci ent for present
d emands. Ales in bulk should be k ept·
in a cool pla ce. Ba r men using draught
al,e' will do well always to consult th eir
b r ewers a s to b est and most mod ern
way to h a ndl e bulk ale, as the brewer
is alway s on the al ert to devise a nd
use th e b est and latest methods.