tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post2650283104222162247..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: The bottle premiumCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-54702867445973111322011-02-07T13:42:53.606+00:002011-02-07T13:42:53.606+00:00Most bottles of Grolsch state "Brewed in the ...Most bottles of Grolsch state "Brewed in the UK and Holland", not specifying the brewery. This is so capacity can be shared. You might actually be necking Dutch Grolsch in the UK or English Grolsch in Holland.<br /><br />Same reason Becks now state "EU" on cans of Vier. So Inbev can use capacity at any given brewery.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-30485706205813840612011-02-06T19:24:19.212+00:002011-02-06T19:24:19.212+00:00@Ghost Drinker - yes, I know I was asking a somewh...@Ghost Drinker - yes, I know I was asking a somewhat different question to the one you posed. Grolsch must be one of the few beers where you can get British-brewed and "home" brewed versions side by side. OK, I suppose you can still get Belgian-brewed Stella, but not generally in the same shop, and is there much difference now anyway?Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-38290268408322007042011-02-06T14:29:00.084+00:002011-02-06T14:29:00.084+00:00To off-topic Xopher: yesterday you'd have seen...To off-topic Xopher: yesterday you'd have seen me go around several pubs in West Lancs with a note book, writing down all the beers available in each pub. In one I saw the barmaid looking at me in a amused way, so I explained that I was writing an article for the local CAMRA mag, which I edit. Her attitude changed (I wasn't just a beer geek after all) and she said the licensee would be pleased. The forms you saw may have been for the Good Beer Guide, which cannot exist without a lot of form filling.<br /><br />You complained that smokers can't enjoy beer in their preferred way, but criticised those CAMRA types for having a drink in THEIR preferred fashion. You're not only off topic, but inconsistent too.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-27667377231300201362011-02-06T00:40:47.498+00:002011-02-06T00:40:47.498+00:00I thought the whole point was about our cans being...I thought the whole point was about our cans being produced in the U.K. and the bottles being produced in the country of origin (which they are) and whether people were prepared to pay extra for 'provenance'?Ghost Drinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753576955816756710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-87923965136983834362011-02-05T19:32:06.404+00:002011-02-05T19:32:06.404+00:00I consider myself to be a bottle snob but this wee...I consider myself to be a bottle snob but this week I've been drinking Bass in cans and thinking it is okay. Always good to keep an open mindPaul Garrardhttp://www.realaleblog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-89797133051163373072011-02-05T19:21:29.186+00:002011-02-05T19:21:29.186+00:00Though nearly always true about cans being cheaper...Though nearly always true about cans being cheaper - the Grolsch problem is a specific one.<br /><br />Many assume that the bottled version of Grolsch is 'genuine' - meaning that it was made in the country of 'implied origin', and so they happily pay more for it.<br /><br />The reality, of course, is that only the iconic 'pop top' Grolsch bottles are brewed in Holland, whereas every other version - whether bottled or canned - is brewed here in the UK. <br /><br />This might explain the higher price which people willingly (yet unwittingly) pay.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852488639948144328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-14396145563492729052011-02-05T18:57:42.443+00:002011-02-05T18:57:42.443+00:00Totally of topic BUT ...
I popped into my local fo...Totally of topic BUT ...<br />I popped into my local for a drop of 'tincture AND.....<br />A CAMRA sweat-shirted chap came in with clipboard and attendees.<br />what a palaver!<br />Who did he think he was? <br />A pint of the local for him and a pint and a half for his entourage. Forms filled the table - It's a great pub - We don't need to be told that but Why oh Why did three quarters of the customers keep going out for a fag?<br />Why can't CAMRA see the elephant in the room and rally against the smoking ban to allow all drinkers to enjoy the inside of what venues are left.<br />We don't go to pubs simply for the 'ale'! We go for the camaraderie not because a 'trainspotter' thinks his tick box for says the beer is what ever he says it is><br />It's our pub and CAMRA enthusiasts may descend upon it but it's a local and the more Government alienate sections of the electorate the more likely pubs will cease to provide their essential local function.<br />Protect pubs by letting them provide for 100% of the community with ventilated provision for smokers <br />BTW - I don't smoke but I miss my friends.Xopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387364739989208360noreply@blogger.com