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"Wobbler":28vw13oj wrote:
I know some pubs don't have the facilities (cellar) for cask ale but I'm sure lots do.[/quote:28vw13oj]

Buy every pub has a store for their kegs. Granted some are very tight on space. Not a cellar, perhaps, but can't these casks be kept at cellar temp. with those 'blankets'?

"Wobbler":1kln3lfz wrote:

"noby":1kln3lfz wrote: Well we can get [i:1kln3lfz]some [/i:1kln3lfz]here (mainly as specials or for festivals), but it's back to the demand issue.[/quote:1kln3lfz]
The only cask ale I can think of which is available in Ireland is Porterhouse's TSB. I'm not mad on that beer. Are there any others which I don't know about.[/quote:1kln3lfz]

Well yes, that might be the only regular one. The Franciscan well had a few guest casks (Carlow and Hilden) for their Easter fest, and afaik will have a few more on (their own) for their Oktoberfest

"bigears":3unrmssz wrote: I wonder how the Porterhouse handle TSB? Do they use a cask breather or similar to prolong shelf life? [/quote:3unrmssz]

I would imagine they surely use a breather.

"noby":1nzagv6s wrote:

"bigears":1nzagv6s wrote: I wonder how the Porterhouse handle TSB? Do they use a cask breather or similar to prolong shelf life? [/quote:1nzagv6s]

I would imagine they surely use a breather.[/quote:1nzagv6s]

I reckon so to. I'm not sure it sells that well judging by the astounded looks that people have on their faces when the bar staff start pulling a pint from it. I asked a dickhead barman in the porterhouse central the other week how the TSB was and he replied,
"It's good for washing dishes".
He [i:1nzagv6s]was[/i:1nzagv6s] Australian though.

"Hendrixcat":1o3op8xa wrote: I asked a dickhead barman in the porterhouse central the other week how the TSB was and he replied,
"It's good for washing dishes".
He [i:1o3op8xa]was[/i:1o3op8xa] Australian though.[/quote:1o3op8xa]
I have to admit I'm with him on that one. I think it's a pretty disapointing beer. Maybe it's the NZ hops they use, I'm not sure.