"I was never a big beer drinker - can't stand carbonation"

but proper beer has no carbonation It's only the new fangled ones which do. The traditional beers had a nozzle on the hand puller which allowed air in to produce a head.

No don't worry, I'm not getting on my real ale soapbox - in general I slightly prefer the lager beers.

Talking of enormous B52's, a Canadian (person not beer) I used to work with introduced me to the Ghostbuster - a double B52 in a small glass depthcharged into a pint containing triple bourbon and coke. Obviously has to be downed in one gulp before curdling ensues