tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post647034928875268014..comments2024-03-25T18:49:00.608+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Sorting the wheat from the chaffCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-30501834745578589392017-11-05T18:46:46.731+00:002017-11-05T18:46:46.731+00:00Thanks again for the mention. I can't comment ...Thanks again for the mention. I can't comment on other pubs in Leicester critically myself as i'm sure you'll understand :) <br /><br />I'd agree that both Derby and Nottingham have better pubs and more people using them. Leicester is not a city that's well known for pubs or beer. It's getting slightly better but it will never be Leeds. The backlash on social media against the blogs was just local pride coupled with knowing more about the pubs and having more context to judge them than the bloggers.<br /><br />However, 3 fresh pairs of eyes have been very enlightening and given me a lot to think about, particularly in the How Many Handpumps department (for the record the boar has 9) and i'll post my thoughts on this soon, on beer and pubs forum probably.Kieran Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309306469722070363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-27025071365721703432017-11-05T18:05:50.753+00:002017-11-05T18:05:50.753+00:00Well, on the evidence of that visit, their favouri...Well, on the evidence of that visit, their favourite pub seemed to be the Spoons-a-like ;-)Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-85941293823827224052017-11-05T16:17:34.951+00:002017-11-05T16:17:34.951+00:00Well put.Well put.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04039590363732278703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-27305688310301853842017-11-05T15:00:41.109+00:002017-11-05T15:00:41.109+00:00Maybe the good people of leicester have a differen...Maybe the good people of leicester have a different opinion on what constitutes a good pub that the local CAMRA branch & frequent those establishments?Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-11857763197944445702017-11-05T14:42:08.678+00:002017-11-05T14:42:08.678+00:00I'm not familiar with the Kirkstall Bridge, bu...I'm not familiar with the Kirkstall Bridge, but I suspect it's that rather than the King's Head that may be the outlier in terms of the level of trade at 7 pm on a Tuesday. Anyway, I did <a href="http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/letting-others-do-heavy-lifting.html" rel="nofollow">a whole separate post</a> about increasingly empty pubs.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-77221142137208600592017-11-05T13:47:48.181+00:002017-11-05T13:47:48.181+00:00Re: Ale Waggon. What have you got against 1987? ...Re: Ale Waggon. What have you got against 1987? Apart from the General Election I thought ti was a good year. :-)dcbwhaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585310584555592882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-71856335777339484342017-11-05T10:14:15.294+00:002017-11-05T10:14:15.294+00:00As I initially wrote, Leicester is like it's f...As I initially wrote, Leicester is like it's football team - I don't think anyone dislikes them and I'm sure everyone was rooting for them when they won the league, but really everyone knows that they are not a big time Premier League side, and are prone to yo-yo between the top two divisions. The day reflected this, in the city's architecture, it's bewildering lack of trade and the pubs & beers. One commentator on social media berated me for going on a Tuesday in the middle of the month - no wonder it was quiet! This says so much to me about the local economy, which will have a massive influence on pub trade. I was particularly saddened to see a recent, twice local CAMRA POTY almost devoid of customers at 7pm. Surely the good folk of Leicester, particularly the discerning, pop into one of their accoladed pubs for a pint or two on the way home? I can only make comparisons with The Kirkstall Bridge which was LeedsCAMRA POTY until this year, even though it's a couple of miles out of the centre in LS4, it's still busy, even at 7pm on a Tuesday night. Again economics and socio political factors play a huge impact. <br /><br />It's nice to see a comparison of beer quality, all three of us were never more than half a point away, which is reassuring, particularly when I like to use, for e.g. 3.5+ , or nearer 3.5 than 4. I know we discussed having a broader points spread available, although there are positives and negatives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-91296868584437895472017-11-04T11:58:00.427+00:002017-11-04T11:58:00.427+00:00Which reminds me that I really should enter all th...Which reminds me that I really should enter all those scores on WhatPub.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-69382558292762643882017-11-04T11:57:09.689+00:002017-11-04T11:57:09.689+00:00Is it "have a go at Mudgie morning" toda...Is it "have a go at Mudgie morning" today?<br /><br />I deliberately write this blog in a style that has an eye on publication rather than just being a polemical brain-dump, and to my mind it's all the better for it.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-78584109723345936152017-11-04T11:55:58.235+00:002017-11-04T11:55:58.235+00:00My experience of blogs is that only the comments s...My experience of blogs is that only the comments sections seem to require "candid" opinions. Relentlessly so.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04039590363732278703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-88232351919948878932017-11-04T09:29:56.659+00:002017-11-04T09:29:56.659+00:00Why have a blog unless you are going to be candid ...Why have a blog unless you are going to be candid in regard to your opinion from the off?<br /><br />I get that your Opening Times magazine is a campaign & basically propaganda with the pub crawl write ups bearing little relation to the actual pubs or experience of the night & offering a sanitised account lest you offend the pub, brewery or put off anyone from visiting & thus get accused of "not supporting pubs" but a blog is always your personal view? Good or bad?<br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-87241201119105034762017-11-04T08:13:36.742+00:002017-11-04T08:13:36.742+00:00I'm glad you did a pub-by-pub beer scoring. As...I'm glad you did a pub-by-pub beer scoring. As you said at the tine, nothing bad but little exceptional.My NBSS scores very similar to yours (didn't rate the Kolsch as high).<br /><br /><br />In defence of Leicester there's more we saw on our pub-focused trip, the Space Museum for one, but it's no Stockport.retiredmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429804437739227082noreply@blogger.com