1889 The American Bar-tender's Guide (Australia) by Jerry thomas

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HINTS A.ND RULES FOR BARTENDERS.

unwholesome e8'ect on the beer. This exerts a continual pressure on the surface of the beer, and prevents the gas from H.sino. To " g r eat an amount of air-pressure should be avoided, because the beer will be driven too forcibly through the t ap, and. fill the glass with mor e f r ot h and l ess beer than a thirsty drinker would care to pay for. The air i n t h e c y l i nder should be dr awn f r om a pure source, by means of a tube, if necessary-, leading to the open air. Th e ai r i n a c e l lar o r even a c l ose apartment is rarely pure, and would have a decidedly 26. Bottled Beer should be kept in a cool p l ace or i n a r e f r igerator not i n con tact wit h t h e i ce . T he bottles ought to stand upright, so that any sediment will settle to the bottom. It is. therefore, not advisable to pour the last dregs of the bottle into the glass. 27. Syrups are peculiarly at t r active to an ts, Aies, and other insects; they should therefore, be kept i n closely corked vessels; and, when in bo t t les for use, be kept in a cool place, properly corked, a rubber cork being most convenient, and the bottles standing upright in water. I n t h i s manner the bottles will be out of the reach of insects of every ki nd.

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