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 | | The Firkin concept was originally invented by Dave Bruce in the early 1980s, the idea being brew on premises pubs, in and around London. |
 | | Despite giving promises to preserve the chain as it was, they instantly undertook to dismantle it, firstly by losing the real ale, then by re-themeing and renaming most of the pubs, relinquishing the ground to other chains such as Hogshead. |
 | | I notice that they are not advertising Real Ale, which if they were to do so would be technically incorrect, as they are using a cask breather system. |
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