tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post7783456548386089538..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: More beer statsCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-48237873478803332992011-01-27T23:30:54.153+00:002011-01-27T23:30:54.153+00:00Well, the stats don't show any evidence for th...Well, the stats don't show any evidence for that, as the second Anon post shows.<br /><br />Another point I could have made is that, extrapolating current trends, the "tipping point" between on- and off-trade consumption will come at some time during 2012.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-28481926965234439432011-01-27T23:13:28.400+00:002011-01-27T23:13:28.400+00:00"The smoking ban has far less effect in summe...<i>"The smoking ban has far less effect in summer."</i><br /><br />Brilliant. Why didn't I think of that?Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-84286959439799858012011-01-27T17:25:45.314+00:002011-01-27T17:25:45.314+00:00I've done a few calculations of on sales (Q1+Q...I've done a few calculations of on sales (Q1+Q4)/(Q2+Q3) and the ratio stays fairly constant around 0.93, which is surprising to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-28397346417986599992011-01-27T17:13:37.719+00:002011-01-27T17:13:37.719+00:00I think you have hit upon something very novel and...I think you have hit upon something very novel and important with your quarterly comparisons within the same year. To my knowledge, nobody has thought of this. Brilliant. The smoking ban has far less effect in summer. By comparing quarterly ratios of both on and off sales, it should be possible to extract from the data, quite a lot of information about the effect of the ban.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com