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Heineken and KLM have announced a plan to serve draft beer on some flights. The Dutch brewer has apparently figured out how to tap a keg in the sky, without requiring compressed CO2 cylinders (a no-no in flight) and without producing the foamy mess that happens when pouring a pint when air pressure is low. The fix turns out …

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  1. Steve Davies 3 Silver badge

    Proper Beer does not need CO2

    But as most lager is tastelss anyway the change in taste you get at altitude won't matter a jot.

    How long will it be before a plane is diverted because the beer has run out?

    Glad I don't fly KLM apart from puddle jumpers.

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    1. Oengus
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      Pint

      Re: Proper Beer does not need CO2

      "How long will it be before a plane is diverted because the beer has run out?"

      Probably on a flight to Australia with the Aussie Cricket team on board...

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Proper Beer does not need CO2

      But as most lager is tastelss anyway the change in taste you get at altitude won't matter a jot.

      But as most mass produced lager is tastelss (sic) anyway the change in taste you get at altitude won't matter a jot.

      TFTFY

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  2. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

    So their chemtrails will bee beer farts?

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  3. s. pam Silver badge
    Pint

    Pah -- Flying Rat had this in the 90's

    I used to commute from LAX <-> SYD and there was Aussie beer on tap in Business and First Class. I was on a flight that got diverted to Melbourne for 6 hours due to fog @ SYD and we drank the kegs dry!

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  4. ratfox
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    Mandatory

    I like beer, but I'd rather drink water than Heineken.

    I've been to a music festival where Heineken had exclusivity. It was a sobering experience.

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  5. IglooDude
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    A lot more blue ice coming off those airplanes, I suspect...

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  6. TheRealRoland
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    Photo of the bladder inside a keg in this article. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/07/my-6-month-review-testing-newfangled-beer-dispensing-tech-is-finally-done/

    I guess the idea is that oxygen (or any gas for that matter) only starts acting against the quality of the beer once it's being poured.

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  7. DainB Bronze badge

    Nope

    Isn't Heineken just a common Dutch word for a "horrible weak donkey piss-like beer" ? Or is it Amstel ? Never can get it right.

    They'll have to start serving some proper quadrupel Belgian stuff before I even consider flying KLM.

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