really?
that's proper retarded. Even the short pipe run in our old bar would cost you a couple of pints per barrel change, you can't even sell as many as there are in a barrel...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 11:39, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

My local is a cask place, with about 12 different brews at any one time,
and they lose a few pints per barrel from "tasters", real ale buffs wanting a crafty sample.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 13 Aug 2012, 11:43, Reply)

and ullage,
And line cleans, and topping off, and spillage and so on.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 13 Aug 2012, 11:44, Reply)

also,
Do the maths on pints per barrel. Average 50ml sample, 568 ml in a uk pint.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 13 Aug 2012, 11:48, Reply)

Struggling to find a link for it
but unless my memory is playing tricks was one of the big pubcos up north (probably taken over by someone else now) a few years ago.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 13 Aug 2012, 11:50, Reply)

probably.
Basically, fullers, MandB, and Greene king pretty much own the lot.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 13 Aug 2012, 11:52, Reply)