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Jeremy Double wrote:

Graeme Wall wrote:

Doesn't help if the dispenser is not delivering properly. That was the
problem with the beer meters, they were fine when they worked but were
very prone to packing up or not delivering the right amount at the
slightest provocation. For a start they had to be kept scrupulously
clean

They should have used the type used in the Nottingham area in the
1970s/80s. These had a half pint glass cylinder with a piston that
moved across when the operating lever was moved. They seemed very
reliable in the pubs around Nottingham.


Pubs around Nottingham generally don't lurch about at 70mph :-)

There's a reason pubs don't use them anymore, they were fiddly to maintain
and expensive to buy. Handpumps and gas dispensers are quicker and cheaper
generally.

I haven't seen electric dispense in years.

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