So muggins volunteered.
I haven't done it for several years and I was a guy back then, and a lot stronger. To knock the bung through you have to hit it with a crisp hard tap whihc is quite straight forward if you do it regularly and know your strength. But I thought I hit it as hard as I used to, but that just meant it got there a lot slower and nothing happened. So I hit it harder and harder till it went in. 5 times in all.
Guess what ? The beer was pretty damn frothy, in fact unsaleable {hangs head in shame}. But he poured me a pint anyway, which reduced to a half and it was pretty good drinking.
Then he poured me another beer, so it was worth it.
Thing is, it wasn't real ale. The cask was vertical which meant it was bright, ie filtered and therefore not real. And they were trying to get into the real ale guide too. Naughty.
Really frayed today even tho I only had 6 pints. May have an early night. keep to the Fen Causeway
Finally works out where the stairs are and works his way up them...
...crash, bang, crash....he makes such a noise he wakes up the missus.
"What the hell are you doing making all that noise on the stairs at this time in the morning....!!!!"
Crash, thump, wallop....!!!
"I'm bringing up a barrel of beer!!!"
Crash, thump, wallop...!!!
"you what???!!!!! ...wtf are you doing bringing up a barrel of beer!!!???"
"I have to, I drank it!!!" "Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky
I also remember being taken to London in my youth, because an uncle of mine had won a design council award for designing a new and improved Beer tap. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
There's several close by as well;- Barry - Vale of Glamorgan Pontypridd - Otley Machen - Carter's Merthyr Tydfil - Rhymney Newport - Dobbins & Jacksons keep to the Fen Causeway
