Tuesday 17 June 2014

Hard, Medium, Soft

For Port Eliot we will mainly be using, what is known in the trade as, the "hard needle" Three grades of needle can be used for increasing or decreasing the volume. A few years ago at the Holifair Festival in Cornwall is was deemed necessary to whip out the hard needles in order to take on the gabba/rave/techno outfit that appeared alongside us. We called it a draw but they probably hadn't even noticed us.

Generally we prefer to relax with the medium but as the beer takes hold by the river we have to be prepared.