A sad day in Dirtville (file under "ass" redux)

[Botafogo]

Dan, the nitrogen widget is a giant step BACK to tradition, giving a much smoother, more pub tap like pour. The man who invented it actually got a knighthood for "making it possible for the boys in the forces overseas to enjoy a proper pint"!!!! Speaking of beer in the military, did you know that during the Pacific campaign in WW II (when yanks were lucky to get a warm can of Schlitz once a month) the Brits outfitted two cargo ships as floating breweries and used the same biplane torpedo bombers that sunk the Bismark to drop kegs at the front? Some people have their priorities straight!

Back to widgets, sometime try this experiment: Pour and enjoy a Boddingtons or Bishop's or other pale ale that comes in a widget can, but leave an ounce or so and the foam in the glass, then pour a similar flavored ale from a bottle into the same glass. The residual nitrogen will "cream" the new bear and soften the hard carbonation of bottled beer.

Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore, Roberto

[This message has been edited by Botafogo (edited 08-14-2001).]

[This message has been edited by Botafogo (edited 08-14-2001).]