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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstStewart 80/-
- TechniqueTall fonts
Stewart Brewing's eighty shilling ale, an old Scottish style named for what a barrel once sold for, pulled through the tall fonts. A pint first, then a whisky.
The Bow Bar
Scottish pub · malt whisky and cask-ale bar · Old Town (West Bow), Edinburgh
80 West Bow, Edinburgh EH1 2HH
A small Old Town bar that calls itself the last one dedicated to air-pressure tall fonts, the old Scottish way of pulling cask ale. It bottles its own whisky too.
The proof, in the house's own words
Why the 80/-
Technique
Air pressure does the pulling, a method nearly gone from Scottish bars.
“the last bar dedicated to air pressure tall fonts”
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