The cleanliness, or otherwise, of a pub’s pipes has never bothered me before. But that was before I read about the potential yeast, bacteria and mould …
There’s a pub near me with an eye-catching sign outside. I’ve driven past it many times, and it always gives me pause for a little idle thought. On the sign there is a loud and proud notice that in this pub they clean their lines every week.
There’s a lot going on with this simple sign. First and foremost, in a long life of pub observance, I don’t recall ever reading such a boast adorning any other establishment. What’s going on here? Surely it’s not the case that this pub, and only this pub, is so scrupulous about the cleanliness of its lines. (By lines, I assume they refer to the pipes that convey the beer from the kegs or casks to the pump and into the glass.)