Had a perfect pour day in Austin last Tuesday

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Gotta disagree with you there. Austin taps have been a total MESS lately with the heatwaves messing up the pour temps and foam levels. I was at a spot on Rainey Street last week and watched three pints in a row get served with half the glass being foam. The "perfect pour" crowd is getting too picky about glassware and fancy techniques when most places can't even keep their lines clean. Good weather doesn't fix bad maintenance.

jason113d ago

And that's the thing I keep coming back to - the line cleaning. Like, how often are these places actually flushing their lines? I was talking to a buddy who used to work at a bar on 6th and he told me some spots only do a deep clean once a month in the summer. That's insane, right? With the heat we've been getting in Austin lately, you'd think they'd be running a cleaning cycle every couple weeks minimum. But maybe I'm wrong - what's the standard practice supposed to be for bars in this climate? Because if you're seeing that much foam and it's not just a temperature issue, there's gotta be something building up in those lines.