Pubs/bars with dirty Lines and bad beer experience

[ken1]

I have to say that the Guinness I tried in the Chantrey last week was awful. It tasted like it had soap in it. Rather then complain, We just decamped to the Abbey where the atmosphere was superb, cosy and not too loud or quiet, it was like entering a room full of friends. The Abbey has always sold great Guinness, and recently I have started to get into their handpulled beer too. It is a pity that they don't put on some cask ales.

 

guinness is a problem if its too old, not many people drink it in some pubs. i had a really rough pint in the heeley & sheffield, tasted like soap, as you say, no wonder i got a funny look ordering it.

 

the nailmaker's, near blackstock road is a bad pint, wont be going there again, i've no idea how they stay open.

[dacrlit]

On the day after the Dove was vacated by the previous bankrupt Landlord, who ran the Dove since 2001, the cellar and beer lines were in such a terrible state it was stated by Tech Services that they had never seen such a mess ever before....the normally transparent and clean beer lines were BLACK, encrusted with interior grime and the contents were so polluted it was a miracle no one died from drinking beer in the Dove before August 2006. They were so far gone the only thing to do was the rip EVERYTHING out and install brand new systems....even the cellar buoys were gunked up and full of **** an inch or so thick at the bottom.....it was horrendous and we are pretty sure those lines were not cleaned for at least (and I mean at LEAST) 6 months prior to that.........

'As above so below' always applies in pubs, so if your local has a dirty and grubby bar area, mountains of unwashed pots, dusty, grimy bar top, litter, is generally unkempt and tatty, etc, you can bet your bottom dollar the cellar is also not in the best of health.

 

Let me clarify though, having said the above, that since the new lines and systems were installed in the Summer of 2006, our cellar, lines and whole system is flushed every Tuesday morning vigorously using the old manual method.....no auto line cleaning machines here, they not up to the job if you are a perfectionist......Environmental health congratulated us after years of problems with the Dove Landlord before us, and gave us a totally clean bill of health, instead of 'dreading' the annual compulsory inspection.

I am glad to hear, that it is great, beacuse I have been in recently, well end of last year.

[slummymummy]

Black Bull Aughton. NEVER clean dishwashers out. Trust me now ppl used to work there. Glasses are filthy. AND they serve food