Yeah a friend of mine from St. John did that, and probably still does ( he was a cheep ass when it came to beer), I believe he added clamatto to his swill to prevent any thirsty hands from swiping his glass before he drank it first.brufrog wrote:I actually saw some working class guys doing that at the Mill Street bar at the Toronto airport. Adding salt to their beer! Geez, what are they going to do next, half and half with tomato juice? You still see that in Saint John sometimes, if you go to "old boys" taverns.
), though I doubt most of the old-timers who did that knew exactly why they did it. It was to release some of the CO2, because the beer was always over-carbed.
