inserted slightly, so as to be easily thrown out if necessary. Holes should also be bored into every cask, either through or near the bung, and spiles or pegs inserted, so as at any time to give vent, should that be required. After having given vent, however, the bungs or pegs should be immediately replaced. By this treatment the beer, if properly brewed, will very soon become quiet, and if not exposed to higher temperatures, will require no further attention until it is sent out.
ON THE WANT OF UNIFORMITY IN THE QUALITY OF BEER: ITS CAUSES, AND HOW TO BE AVOIDED.
London has always been celebrated for the peculiar flavour and excellence of its porter; for a long time it was supposed that this was mainly attributable to its being brewed with the water from the Thames; but as Thames water has for a long time ceased to be used in brewing it, that supposition has been abandoned. As each establishment, however, has its own peculiar flavour, and differing in some respects from all others, it becomes difficult to say which is the right London flavour; and we greatly doubt whether any jury of twelve would agree upon this point: each would, very likely,
