I expect we've all heard the excuse for poor beer "real ale's supposed to taste like that" or some similar tripe. I heard a new piece of idiocy from a barman yesterday, I asked why he had a sparkler on one southern beer but not on another?
His reply, " Real Ales have to be served through a sparkler; I'm just going to the cellar to get one for that pump."
Over heard in the same pub;
bloke 1 "You've just missed your "mate" "
bloke 2 "oh no I haven't I knew he was coming"