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    Default Party pack anyone?

    I was in Worcester museum and art gallery yesterday for an exhibition and I had a stroll around the museum where I saw these.

    I am too young to remember these but I am sure some of our more "experienced" members might enjoy the picture!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Delboy20 View Post
    I was in Worcester museum and art gallery yesterday for an exhibition and I had a stroll around the museum where I saw these.

    I am too young to remember these but I am sure some of our more "experienced" members might enjoy the picture!
    Yes have drank the Watneys, had to open it with a tin opener back in the day
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    Quote Originally Posted by Real Ale Ray View Post
    Yes have drank the Watneys, had to open it with a tin opener back in the day
    Party Sevens were quite commonplace once upon a time. Getting into them and extracting the beer without making a mess everywhere could be something of a challenge. As I recall there was even a little keg tap-type arrangement you could clamp on, but never seemed to work very well. You mostly just punched a hole with a pointed opener and ducked the spray that invariably gushed out!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pangolin View Post
    Party Sevens were quite commonplace once upon a time. Getting into them and extracting the beer without making a mess everywhere could be something of a challenge. As I recall there was even a little keg tap-type arrangement you could clamp on, but never seemed to work very well. You mostly just punched a hole with a pointed opener and ducked the spray that invariably gushed out!
    Typically a screwdriver and hammer, a bit messy but it worked.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Delboy20 View Post
    I was in Worcester museum and art gallery yesterday for an exhibition and I had a stroll around the museum where I saw these.

    I am too young to remember these but I am sure some of our more "experienced" members might enjoy the picture!
    I don't remember any of these. The only large tins I can recall from the 60s are the Watney's Party 7 and I think there was a smaller size. The presence of Watney's mild probably pushes the date back.
    Ruddles did a big can of their bitter in the 1970s. Becky used to sell it in her dive bar when no casks were available.

    Mini-kegs are the modern equivalent and the fact that Ghost Ship is one would suggest they are miles better.

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    I have had a couple of mini-kegs - Hobgoblin I think.

    Hoping Santa might bring me this one - https://puritybrewing.com/product/as...v=79cba1185463


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pangolin View Post
    As I recall there was even a little keg tap-type arrangement you could clamp on, but never seemed to work very well.
    My grandad had one. Worked using Sparklets bulbs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Real Ale Ray View Post
    Yes have drank the Watneys, had to open it with a tin opener back in the day
    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    Typically a screwdriver and hammer, a bit messy but it worked.
    A tin opener, eh? In the early '70s I remember my dad attacking his Party Sevens with a screwdriver, beer spraying everywhere. I do recall some sort of tap device...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Delboy20 View Post
    Hoping Santa might bring me this one - https://puritybrewing.com/product/as...v=79cba1185463
    Themed beers are almost always rubbish and you're starting from a low point with Purity. I don't really have any opinions on Aston Villa other than I know foe a fact they are NOT West Ham. I've seen the Stadium from the train!

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