DR017 Double Diamond


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	DR017 - Edition 1,500

	Double Diamond
	As always when we decide to release a drinks model we can’t stop Dusty from getting involved, we’ve had to listen to him rambling on about real ale for the last three months so here we go. Dusty says “ Unlike real ale, which is a living product which continues to mature and develop in the cask, keg beer is an entirely one-dimensional product. The carbon dioxide masks any flavour which has survived chilling and filtering. It is cold, fizzy and bland.” Thank you Dusty! Double Diamond was popular in the seventies and it looked as though keg beer would eliminate real ale altogether. From the brewers' point of view, it was a much more convenient product. It is entirely consistent, it takes no looking after in the cellar and it does not go "off". This joined the likes of Watneys Red Barrel, Trophy and Tavern which looked set to sweep cask-conditioned beer into the history books. However the real ale enthusiasts hit back and these names disappeared from our shelves in the eighties.
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