Belfast’s Hatfield House bar came up with an innovative idea to take online orders and deliver pints of freshly poured Guinness, from the back of a van
Barman Harry McKeaveney from the Hatfield House bar delivers pints of draft Guinness around Belfast, North Ireland. Image credit: PA Wire
Even during a Covid-19 lockdown, Guinness still flows freely, as vans kitted with kegs visit driveways to pour pints for drinkers parched since UK pubs shut their doors.
The Hatfield House on Ormeau Road, Belfast has redeployed bar staff to four vans, freshly installed with refrigerated kegs and bar taps.
The sleek vehicles have been travelling the length and breadth of Northern Ireland’s capital, delivering freshly-poured 300 pints of Guinness a day by appointment.
Staff in protective gear disembark and open the back doors to pour pints in plastic cups. They then leave them at a safe distance for customers to collect – in strict observance of social distancing guidelines.
Although the dark Irish stout can be bought in cans, those who drink it know it tastes vastly different when properly served – in an unhurried, two-part pour from a pub tap.
“There’s something about Guinness. It’s in our DNA over here”, said pub manager Richard Keenan.
To me, it’s the extraordinary taste. Nothing like a pint of Guinness on tap!
BTW, the service runs from midday to 11 PM six days a week and has reduced hours on Sundays. And a pint costs £4.80 and is pre-ordered to help manage demand.
Malaysia only registered 36 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, making it the lowest daily number to date. Besides, there were also zero deaths being reported.
But hold your horses. The authorities are learning from Singapore – and so, they are embarking on large-scale testing of our migrant workers.
It’s easier said than done because nobody knows exactly how many of them are in the country in the first place.
But we shall soon know if we will see a whale of a spike in infections – as is the case with our southern neighbor.
In fact, Monday was another new daily high for Singapore, having confirmed 1,426 infections and tallying it to 8,014 new cases – Southeast Asia’s worst hit country for Covid-19.
From zero reported cases and fatalities in January and February, Indonesia now has the second highest infections and the highest deaths in Southeast Asia.
In fact, every one of Indonesia's 34 provinces has reported positive Covid-19 infections, according to its Health Ministry.
Still, the government has been reluctant to impose a nationwide lockdown – despite a steady spike in coronavirus cases and virus-related deaths. Methinks, the worst is yet to come.
BTW, the service runs from midday to 11 PM six days a week and has reduced hours on Sundays. And a pint costs £4.80 and is pre-ordered to help manage demand.
Malaysia only registered 36 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, making it the lowest daily number to date. Besides, there were also zero deaths being reported.
But hold your horses. The authorities are learning from Singapore – and so, they are embarking on large-scale testing of our migrant workers.
It’s easier said than done because nobody knows exactly how many of them are in the country in the first place.
But we shall soon know if we will see a whale of a spike in infections – as is the case with our southern neighbor.
In fact, Monday was another new daily high for Singapore, having confirmed 1,426 infections and tallying it to 8,014 new cases – Southeast Asia’s worst hit country for Covid-19.
From zero reported cases and fatalities in January and February, Indonesia now has the second highest infections and the highest deaths in Southeast Asia.
In fact, every one of Indonesia's 34 provinces has reported positive Covid-19 infections, according to its Health Ministry.
Still, the government has been reluctant to impose a nationwide lockdown – despite a steady spike in coronavirus cases and virus-related deaths. Methinks, the worst is yet to come.
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