tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post3123416051222370442..comments2024-03-25T18:49:00.608+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Cheap booze crackdown “doomed”Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-87456973854479643412010-08-17T10:57:17.886+01:002010-08-17T10:57:17.886+01:00"I think what might kick the town-centre drin..."I think what might kick the town-centre drinking barns into some kind of order is a couple of high-profile prosecutions for selling more drinks to already drunk patrons."<br /><br />You would have to catch them in the act for that to work. If you asked a drunk in town, which pub served him last, they are more likely to implicate the venue that refused them, rather than served them.Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-64520740022864958152010-08-17T10:43:25.498+01:002010-08-17T10:43:25.498+01:00I paid £3.90 for a 3% ABV beer at Brew Wharf the o...I paid £3.90 for a 3% ABV beer at Brew Wharf the other week. We only had the one pint there...Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-78395721798174486142010-08-17T07:48:02.951+01:002010-08-17T07:48:02.951+01:00Anon @19.22...£4 pint ???
Yep, £3.65 for a pint o...Anon @19.22...£4 pint ???<br /><br />Yep, £3.65 for a pint of Guinness, and that was some months ago, I have since not returned to that establishment. But many others don't just put a penny on a pint but more like 20/30p each time. Its too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-23814428381665265082010-08-16T21:41:42.087+01:002010-08-16T21:41:42.087+01:00"once people realise they’re being expected t...<i>"once people realise they’re being expected to pay more, indeed a lot more, for their slabs of Carling and 3-for-a-tenner Aussie Chardonnay they’re unlikely to be too keen on the idea"</i><br /><br />Cookie will be steaming! ;)Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-8396754349855623922010-08-16T20:43:38.116+01:002010-08-16T20:43:38.116+01:00I don't think minimum pricing can be done by l...I don't think minimum pricing can be done by legislation if I believe the view that it would be illegal to do so under EU law (and I honestly can't comment one way or another) but I fear it will happen on a semi-voluntary basis where pubs will need to show that they implement minimum pricing to have their license renewed.NAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247378318975737305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-80845894811521156912010-08-16T20:28:54.427+01:002010-08-16T20:28:54.427+01:00Anon @19.22...£4 pint ???
The noticable increase ...Anon @19.22...£4 pint ???<br /><br />The noticable increase in the price of a pint ,according to most dipstick landlords ,is due to a<br />marked reduction in footfall(less people coming in, in simple terms.)<br />Now as you all know, CAMRA,the BBC,<br />Guardian , Labour MPs and other <br />Trot talking heads will blame the<br />sub prime mortgage crisis in the mid USA,Tescos,Cut price DVDs,<br />rainfall and all sorts of pitifull excuses.When the £5 pint arrives it<br />may be a good time to have a cosy<br />chat with the above mentioned shysters.In the meanwhile pubs<br />will close and the working class will be forced onto the sofa with a 6 pack, a bit like the DDR I knew in the 70s.<br /><br /><br />Suffolk PunchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-41698923576907687412010-08-16T19:43:16.642+01:002010-08-16T19:43:16.642+01:00"I think what might kick the town-centre drin...<i>"I think what might kick the town-centre drinking barns into some kind of order is a couple of high-profile prosecutions for selling more drinks to already drunk patrons."</i><br /><br />In theory, yes, but we all know what would happen would be that the people to be prosecuted would be relatively responsible middle-aged drinkers who might have had six or eight pints but who weren't likely to do anything worse than wend their way home with a bit of a wobble. <br /><br />The town-centre shot-swigging yobs would be left unscathed because it's too difficult.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-24784355881517723082010-08-16T19:22:31.514+01:002010-08-16T19:22:31.514+01:00I think what might kick the town-centre drinking b...I think what might kick the town-centre drinking barns into some kind of order is a couple of high-profile prosecutions for selling more drinks to already drunk patrons.<br /><br />Using existing legislation is preferable to another raft of daft, unnecessary rules and regulations.Fishterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10196761190239992881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-34169906513249065272010-08-16T19:22:27.109+01:002010-08-16T19:22:27.109+01:00If pubs keep putting up the price of pints then I ...If pubs keep putting up the price of pints then I suspect more and more will close. Prices approaching £4 a pint are not a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com