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2. Beer engine - Wikipedia

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   Beer engine handles on a bar. A beer engine is a device for pumping beer from a cask, usually located in a pub's cellar.. The beer engine was invented by John Lofting, a Dutch inventor, merchant and manufacturer who moved from Amsterdam to London in about 1688 and patented a number of inventions including a fire hose and engine for extinguishing fires and a thimble knurling machine.

3. Beer tap - Wikipedia

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   Because the keg system uses pressure to force the beer up and out of the keg, these taps must have a means of supplying it. The typical "picnic tap" uses a hand pump to push air into the keg; this will cause the beer to spoil faster but is perfectly acceptable if the entire keg will be consumed in a short time.

4. Draught beer - Wikipedia

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   The Old English dragan ("carry; pull") developed into a series of related words including drag, draw, and draught. By the time Bramah's beer pumps became popular, the use of the term draught to refer to the acts of serving or drinking beer was well established and transferred easily to beer served via the hand pumps. In time, the word came to ...

5. Pub - Wikipedia

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   A "beer engine" is a device for pumping beer, originally manually operated and typically used to dispense beer from a cask or container in a pub's basement or cellar. The first beer pump known in England is believed to have been invented by John Lofting (born Netherlands 1659-d.

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8. Cornelius keg - Wikipedia

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   A hand pump can be used to dispense the beverage using air but served this way the beverage will lose its carbonation and go flat over several hours to half a day, and perishable beverages like a beer can spoil. Carbonation pressure depends on temperature and the desired amount of carbonation.

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