▁ ▁Name ▁Until ▁Joseph ▁Br am ah ▁pat ented ▁the ▁be er ▁engine ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 5 , ▁be er ▁was ▁served ▁directly ▁from ▁the ▁bar rel ▁and ▁carried ▁to ▁the ▁customer . ▁The ▁Old ▁English ▁ ▁(" car ry ; ▁pull ") ▁developed ▁into ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁related ▁words ▁including ▁drag , ▁draw , ▁and ▁dra ug ht . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁Br am ah ' s ▁be er ▁p umps ▁became ▁popular , ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁dra ug ht ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁acts ▁of ▁serving ▁or ▁drink ing ▁be er ▁was ▁well ▁established ▁and ▁transferred ▁easily ▁to ▁be er ▁served ▁via ▁the ▁hand ▁p umps . ▁In ▁time , ▁the ▁word ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁restricted ▁to ▁only ▁such ▁be er . ▁The ▁usual ▁sp elling ▁is ▁now ▁" dra ug ht " ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁Ireland , ▁Australia , ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand ▁and ▁more ▁commonly ▁" d raft " ▁in ▁North ▁America , ▁although ▁it ▁can ▁be ▁sp elt ▁either ▁way . ▁Reg ard less ▁of ▁sp elling , ▁the ▁word ▁is ▁pron ounced ▁ ▁or ▁ ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁region ▁the ▁speaker ▁is ▁from . ▁ ▁C anned ▁dra ug ht ▁is ▁be er ▁served ▁from ▁a ▁press ur ised ▁container ▁featuring ▁a ▁widget . ▁Sm ooth ▁flow ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁cre am ▁flow , ▁nit rok eg , ▁or ▁smooth ) ▁is ▁the ▁name ▁bre wers ▁give ▁to ▁dra ug ht ▁be ers ▁press ur ised ▁with ▁a ▁partial ▁nit ro