tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post5793564513938918801..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Any colour you like, so long as it’s brownCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-90088241507934041002015-08-03T17:14:15.986+01:002015-08-03T17:14:15.986+01:00The All Nations in Madeley used to serve just one ...The All Nations in Madeley used to serve just one beer, All Nations Pale Ale, which they brewed round the back. You walked and were confronted with a short bar with one handpump in the middle. Your choice was a pint or a half. Very nice it was too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-61573076957140599492015-08-03T16:42:01.480+01:002015-08-03T16:42:01.480+01:00@py - obviously that's a strong reason why it&...@py - obviously that's a strong reason why it's unlikely to work in this country. But the fact is it does happen in other countries, so it's worth speculating whether it could here.<br /><br />Many years ago I remember going on a CAMRA trip to a cider house in Surrey. It didn't serve any beer, so you had to drink cider or nothing. Maybe not a place for everyday drinking, but it seemed popular for the odd night out.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-26848873101152836522015-08-03T16:15:34.114+01:002015-08-03T16:15:34.114+01:00What's the probability that every member of yo...What's the probability that every member of your party is going to like that beer? Only takes one person to say "can't we just go to a normal pub" and they've lost a hundred quid in trade.<br /><br />Sounds like a recipe for disaster.<br /><br />Plus you could bet your bottom dollar that after some "market analysis", the "one beer" they would choose to put on would be some mediocre stuff that no-one really hates but no-one really likes either - like Bombardier or something... and then they'd wonder where all their customers went. To a proper pub, of course.pynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-39063653434804316902015-08-03T12:35:58.986+01:002015-08-03T12:35:58.986+01:00Most people round my neck of the woods think that ...Most people round my neck of the woods think that the local beer is piss and reckon that the only way that the main local brewers- Badger if you're interested- keep going is by owning lots of the pubs and so not giving customers much of a choice.. Free houses and non Hall and Woodhouse pubs in Dorset tend to sell beer from further afield and its (usually) much better recieved.<br /> rosscoe_pecohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474268048995494383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-6858717994450264392015-08-03T09:27:39.292+01:002015-08-03T09:27:39.292+01:00Some of the Bathams pubs are effectively two beer ...Some of the Bathams pubs are effectively two beer pubs. Everyone drinks mild or bitter, nowt else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-64305667144837813472015-08-03T07:07:45.931+01:002015-08-03T07:07:45.931+01:00In agreement on draught Bass - the best beer ever ...In agreement on draught Bass - the best beer ever made.Professor Pie-Tinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-66041957038634978002015-08-02T18:44:55.252+01:002015-08-02T18:44:55.252+01:00All those punters that fill up a Munich bier garte...All those punters that fill up a Munich bier garten or Czech keller to drink one or limited local brews are not beer geeks. They are drinkers. Custom has happened to condition them to believe there own local produce is best. When they tell you the beer you are drinking is the best in the world you know they believe it. They are proud of it. It's nice. It may not be the best in the world but it's often pretty decent stuff to get pissed up on.<br /><br />That doesn't exist in the UK. Beer geeks like to try lots of beers and drinkers like regular brands they are familiar with. Neither seem to have a conviction that there local pop is the best there is.<br /><br />It isn't just beer. Most Germans I know are of the firm belief that German produce is best, whether obst, gemuse or fleisch. Maybe it's why they run trade surpluses to the detriment of their neighbours.<br /><br />I drank some really average wine at a wine festival in Hamburg a few years back. Nothing wrong with the pish, just very average. The Germans I spoke to truly believed German wine was the best in the world. I was polite enough not to disagree. But that's what keeps their wine industry going, I guess.<br /><br />On some things they are not wrong. The cars are decent enough.<br /><br />How many Brits think anything we produce is the best in the world? In a lot of things it is, but its the foreigners that buy it that believe it more than us.<br /><br /><br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-90315903754822248542015-08-02T18:35:02.981+01:002015-08-02T18:35:02.981+01:00The Masons in Southport has only one real ale, usu...The Masons in Southport has only one real ale, usually Robinsons Unicorn. The Mount Pleasant was a one real ale pub until a couple of years ago when it ditched the Tetley's Bitter in favour of Doom Bar. It has since then installed an extra two handpumps after customers' requests.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-27769203679648462452015-08-02T18:28:54.187+01:002015-08-02T18:28:54.187+01:00Usually though a one beer pub isn't just selli...Usually though a one beer pub isn't just selling one beer, it's selling *the local beer*. Unfortunately the connection between beers and locality just isn't as strong as it once was in the UK. Or at least as strong as we've been lead to believe it once was. <br /><br />I do think we've made a wrong turn with the current more hand pumps=better cask pub calculation but I can't see how we break away from that. And if you were going to do a single beer pub it would have to be done completely without affectation which seems almost impossible in the current climate.<br /><br />Perhaps a single beer boozer near or in a major commuter train station, open only for the post work crowd. And if I had to choose a beer to put in there, I'd go for Marble's Pint. I had a Bass at the Lord Eldon last week and it really weren't all that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467262249489479969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-79660241146605298712015-08-02T17:49:54.170+01:002015-08-02T17:49:54.170+01:00That concept is every tickers nightmare.That concept is every tickers nightmare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-9887288964028607072015-08-02T17:21:53.112+01:002015-08-02T17:21:53.112+01:00If Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention provided th...If Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention provided the music, I'd be as happy as a pig in shit.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-48517420178868561472015-08-02T17:12:50.999+01:002015-08-02T17:12:50.999+01:00I would volunteer for Mugiefest, a miserable, one ...I would volunteer for Mugiefest, a miserable, one boring brown bitter festival in the rain, in a muddy field. Count me in.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com