tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post3408318635515157659..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Thin end of the wedge?Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-80531322924592575452013-06-06T16:12:26.617+01:002013-06-06T16:12:26.617+01:00Cookie, I always though Becks Vier was a bit of a ...Cookie, I always though Becks Vier was a bit of a step up from your normal cooking lager but I bow to your expertise in such matters. If the guvnor were to put Carling on, he'd have to take out a real ale line and then he'd have a riot on his hands. Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-37640120324653449272013-06-06T15:39:26.347+01:002013-06-06T15:39:26.347+01:00Thank god for the Becks Vier, Bill, or the place w...Thank god for the Becks Vier, Bill, or the place would be a cooking lager free zone.<br /><br />You can only hope it prospers and the gaffer puts on more cooking lagers and works his way up to Carling.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-65267095034246258202013-06-06T15:24:08.788+01:002013-06-06T15:24:08.788+01:00@Anonymous, I know a pub in Bristol tat sells 10 r...@Anonymous, I know a pub in Bristol tat sells 10 real ales at any given time (and they shift them), three sorts of Czech Budvar on draught as well as Becks Vier, and a wide selection of bottled continental and American beers. No Fosters, no Carling and no craft keg as it happens. THAT is a specialist beer pub.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-37674703984658395202013-06-06T14:55:28.754+01:002013-06-06T14:55:28.754+01:00So a pub that does not sell Fosters & Carling ...So a pub that does not sell Fosters & Carling etc is a "specialist" I think they call that bollocks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-84408899337744943582013-06-06T14:50:21.181+01:002013-06-06T14:50:21.181+01:00Real ale was a type of beer last time I looked. Th...Real ale was a type of beer last time I looked. They are pubs where having a wide and changing beer range is a key part of their appeal, therefore they are specialist beer pubs. I think you'll find they also tend to have a wide range of unusual bottled beers both BCA and brewery-conditioned.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-54641789679768425952013-06-06T14:40:57.038+01:002013-06-06T14:40:57.038+01:00"They used to to a much greater extent but re..."They used to to a much greater extent but reached the conclusion that lager drinkers preferred well-known national brands to own brands"<br /><br />I wonder if this is still the case - and if not, is it a sign of a wider consciousness shift, related in part to the localist, and anti-corporatist movement?<br /><br />py0noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-6672558967361866892013-06-06T14:35:54.798+01:002013-06-06T14:35:54.798+01:00"Magnet, Crown, Railway (Portwood), Hope, and..."Magnet, Crown, Railway (Portwood), Hope, and to a lesser extent Fairway, Olde Vic and Railway (A6)" These are not "specialist beer pubs" they are real ale pubs, if you want "specialist beer pubs" you need to look further afieldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-16937268331270276552013-06-06T14:25:46.975+01:002013-06-06T14:25:46.975+01:00They used to to a much greater extent but reached ...They used to to a much greater extent but reached the conclusion that lager drinkers preferred well-known national brands to own brands. Plus, in the past many own-brand lagers such as Robinson's Einhorn were shite even by Carling standards.<br /><br />Both Robinson's and Holt's still do own-brand dark and pale smooth ales, and Holt's have Crystal and Diamond lagers, although they sell branded lagers alongside them at a higher price.<br /><br />Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-72228911569680048012013-06-06T14:06:25.190+01:002013-06-06T14:06:25.190+01:00Sam Smiths already do a wheat beer and three types...Sam Smiths already do a wheat beer and three types of lager in their pubs. I see Fullers are introducing a "craft" lager as well. Whether it will be a success will be a matter of what it tastes like I should imagine. <br /><br />I have often wondered why breweries that owned pubs only supply the cask ales and not the keg beers - always seemed like a missed opportunity for a spot of vertical integration.py0noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-56937542100934959462013-06-06T13:22:32.576+01:002013-06-06T13:22:32.576+01:00It is a threat to cooking lager, as pubs cannot ge...It is a threat to cooking lager, as pubs cannot get away with £3.50 pints of what costs 50p in Tesco.<br /><br />CAMRA ought to embrace cooking lager and fight for its survival against this new wave of authentic lager with proper ingredients and lagering. If not we will surely lose Fosters.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-14370973751050785792013-06-06T13:13:34.318+01:002013-06-06T13:13:34.318+01:00OK. Apart from them?OK. Apart from them?Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-5941058635874649512013-06-06T12:48:02.071+01:002013-06-06T12:48:02.071+01:00Magnet, Crown, Railway (Portwood), Hope, and to a ...Magnet, Crown, Railway (Portwood), Hope, and to a lesser extent Fairway, Olde Vic and Railway (A6).Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-75146476208964630682013-06-06T12:45:13.950+01:002013-06-06T12:45:13.950+01:00"Stockport’s specialist beer pubs" do su..."Stockport’s specialist beer pubs" do such places exist? if so do tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com