tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post896049907318325676..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Premium positionCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-57873516798786659112013-02-17T13:05:14.866+00:002013-02-17T13:05:14.866+00:00a) Count yourself lucky, here in the land of the o...a) Count yourself lucky, here in the land of the over-valued dollar and over-exised booze, you'd be paying that much for a pot (1/2 pint!)<br /><br />b) Cookie, surely you meant 'breached'?Angus Boaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187548340890480059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-19481448857482719012013-02-13T17:46:35.302+00:002013-02-13T17:46:35.302+00:00Cookie
No, it was a sad day when Spoons stopped d...Cookie<br /><br />No, it was a sad day when Spoons stopped doing 99p pints!Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-90183294436484017212013-02-12T13:27:16.841+00:002013-02-12T13:27:16.841+00:00I can't pardon ya, Mudge. I am a regular reade...I can't pardon ya, Mudge. I am a regular reader I thought I knew what to expect. It's like going to the Daily Mail and finding out immigrants are nice people who have come here to fit in, work a job, improve their lot in life and be no trouble to no one. It's not what you want from it.<br /><br />As for Spoons prices, it was a sad day when it breeched £2. I think we should have 2 minutes silence at the next beard club meet.<br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-49660905205728903792013-02-12T12:42:39.972+00:002013-02-12T12:42:39.972+00:00@Martin - Calvert's Court and Gateway are £2.0...@Martin - Calvert's Court and Gateway are £2.09 for guest beers, including ones up to the strength of Wobbly Bob.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-50237032295537163232013-02-12T12:41:46.585+00:002013-02-12T12:41:46.585+00:00Pardon me for posting something a bit more reflect...Pardon me for posting something a bit more reflective and less ranty, Cookie.<br /><br />And, in general, I would say higher prices are a sign of success in pubs, not failure. You don't see happy hours in Brunning & Price.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-38638861840785226432013-02-12T09:52:06.695+00:002013-02-12T09:52:06.695+00:00Curmudgeon, count yourself VERY fortunate.
Here i...Curmudgeon, count yourself VERY fortunate.<br /><br />Here in my corner of France, my local sells 500ml 'pints' of Guinness or Kilkenny for €4.90 (£4.22) during the ever so innapropriately named 'Happy Hour', and after that it's €7(£6) to you Sir, merci.<br /><br />I never thought I'd be paying six quid for a beer, but there you go...Trader Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06103366615194413317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-28335324554651269752013-02-12T08:49:03.561+00:002013-02-12T08:49:03.561+00:00So we start off with an OMG about the cost of a pi...So we start off with an OMG about the cost of a pint of one of the more piss weak, piss flavoured & piss coloured Robbies piss waters, then a weak justification for it then a bit of a grumble at the end? Come on laddo, you are the Pub Curmudgeon. Muster some rage at this outrage. Good god man, in the last post you were even marginally optimistic about the pub trade. WTF is wrong?<br /><br />If the pub was dead at a time you’d expect it busy (Saturday night) then the offer is wrong. Price might be part of that and probably is if it seems high. If the pub is thriving even with silly prices, then there are enough mugs willing to stump up. As a generality, the higher the prices tend to be, the fewer mugs you tend to find. Plenty of areas seem to be moribund with lots of bearded experts saying underlying demand is just not there, decline is inevitable then the minute after the Spoons opens and proves them wrong as punters flood back they change tack to a “the bloody spoons is what’s killing the pubs”<br /><br />Oh and Dizzy Blonde is craft doncha know. Check out the bottles in Sainsbury’s. £1.99, no multibuy discount but “craft” written on ‘em. So you’re paying for “craft”, Mudge. As for Robbies, they are a small regional brewer in a working class town that have adopted a strategy of building the brand into a higher value bracket (no mention of stuckpit, only posh Cheshire). Some of that is fancy glassware, some of it fancy logos, some of it higher prices. You pay your money and takes your pick. Some of their higher end eateries are quite nice. Pricey but a bit better than your Toby carveries. My mum likes them. The beer shrines are a bit poncy and don’t really hit the spot for either for beer geekery or good old fashioned boozer. Most of the regular estate are just shit hole dumpy pubs of the type that have been dying a death for years.<br /><br />I hoped you nicked the Dizzy Blonde glass. The half pint stemmed ones are quite nice. If you nab a few, the £3.20 will not seem that high.<br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-7848957371186085382013-02-11T23:39:31.807+00:002013-02-11T23:39:31.807+00:00What's the Calverts Court charging now ? £1.9...What's the Calverts Court charging now ? £1.99 or £2.09 seems to be pretty standard for Spoons (before vouchers !) outside London, which is impressive consistency.Martin, Cambridgenoreply@blogger.com