which beer is the best in the world?

A problem in British bars and pubs for years, that's why the certified pint mark on a brit pint glass is etched about half an inch from the top.

Who wants to pay for froth?

Lordy, can you clear up something for me? Is it illegal to order or serve a snakebite in pubs in England?

Personally, I've never heard of it being illegal, although I haven't seen anyone ordering or drinking one since about the seventies.
As far as I remember, it was lager and cider in equal quantities in a pint glass, no?
We also used to drink stout and cider, same measures. In fact, that was the first concoction I ever got drunk on, and it was years before I could face drinking either cider or guinness.

The only drink I'm aware of being banned in recent times is absynthe (sp?) as it was supposed to give you brain damage or some such nonsense.

Absinthe, (French) or absinth (Czech), were never actually banned in the UK. A lot of pubs won't serve snakebite because it looks like the beer is off and can make people more aggressive, but its never actually been banned.

Tried Punkin Ale from Dogfish Head ... ((yech!!))
Is this seasonal beer the archetype for all pumpkin beer or are there pumpkin beers out there where you can actually taste pumpkin and the pumpkin related spices.

Yech is right. Got the Samuel Adams Harvest Collection and the Harvest Pumpkin bottle was poured down the sink.
I just don't care for clove and cinnamon in my quaff.

I like Guinness when I visit a foreign country where I see an Irish pub. I like to go in have have a pint. The flavor is distinctly different from other beers, and I've been the only patron in the pub with several nice looking lassies pouring and serving. This was also true when I was in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, last month. Have done the same in (Dresden) Germany, (Sorrento) Italy, and Prague.

Do you mean you could actually taste any of the spices?

Here's the Irish bar in Dresden where I had my Guinness.

Oh yeah!

God help me if I lived right above that place

God help all of us! LOL

Like the Germans whose ancestry I share, I used to deplore flavorings until lately in my old age I'm learning to appreciate them

When I was in my local beer shop yesterday I saw these.

I learned something at the weekend. A barrel isn't a container as such, but a measurement of 36 gallons. The container for beer is a cask.

I'd obviously heard of casks and barrels before, but never realised that barrel was a measure.

Here in full for your delectation, are the other measures in ascending order:

1.The smallest cask is a "Pin", which = 4.5 gallons.

2. A Firkin = 9 gallons.

3. A Kilderkin = 18 gallons.

4. A Barrel = 36 gallons.

5. A Hogshead = 54 gallons.

Measurements larger than that are usually designated to wine.....

A Puncheon = 72 gallons.

A Butt = 108 gallons

and a Tun = 252 gallons.

Interesting, eh?

yes

Very

Izzy thank you for the suggestion. To save us the trouble of Googling it, can you describe the product, with many thanks

It's a packet of Guinness flavour crisps, (chips.)

This is a link to its facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/GuinnessCrisps?ref=stream

Where does a keg fit in?
A pony?
A growler = 1/2 gallon, I think