Danny. I went through Bombay some twenty years after you and I wonder if you had the same trouble with Indian beer. The problem was the Godalmighty headache in the morning caused by the glycerine used to preserve it.
The trick I was told by the old hands out there was to open the bottle; put your thumb over the top, then invert it, immerse the neck in a bowl of water supplied by the waiter and release your thumb. This would cause the glycerine to flow out of the beer instead of into you.
Seemed to work with me.
Last edited by Fareastdriver; 17th May 2012 at 10:48.
Reason: Insertion of 'then invert it' so that people don't think that the beer is going to pour out of the bottle.