tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post1758512056515922141..comments2023-03-23T05:33:22.600-07:00Comments on Confessions of an Ale Drinker: Can craft lager save the Great British Pub?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01745676077091610386noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-13662909102600761932019-02-07T12:05:57.143-08:002019-02-07T12:05:57.143-08:00I am very much pleased with the contents you have ...I am very much pleased with the contents you have mentioned. I wanted to thank you for this great article. <a href="https://www.abeervinum.it/birra-pauwel-kwak-33cl" rel="nofollow">bicchiere birra kwak</a><br />saadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01268916220539938415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-42274590913187005642019-02-07T12:01:29.531-08:002019-02-07T12:01:29.531-08:00Thank you so much for the post you do. I like your...Thank you so much for the post you do. I like your post and all you share with us is up to date and quite informative, i would like to bookmark the page so i can come here again to read you, as you have done a wonderful job. <a href="https://www.abeervinum.it/birra-pauwel-kwak-33cl" rel="nofollow">pauwel kwak</a><br />saadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01268916220539938415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-55636671530682286462012-03-27T11:35:17.000-07:002012-03-27T11:35:17.000-07:00Saving the British pub is a cunundrum left to the ...Saving the British pub is a cunundrum left to the government. Less taxes on alcohol to be sold in the pub itself could help. Increasing the tax on alcohol sold in shops ( why go to the pub when you can get a 12 pack for the same price as pint or two) . Incentives for pub owners such brownzones to keep the rent and bills down. I cant see any of this happening as the government would be seen to contradict itself given it wants less binge drinking. Pubs also need to keep an active finger on the pulse. Food selection and price compared to the competition is a major factor. Would the average Joe go to a pub with his family for dinner or pizza hut depends heavily on how competitive it is.Richard Murfinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-62205097170061569122012-03-09T01:15:50.063-08:002012-03-09T01:15:50.063-08:00Choice is good, but it is a different argument to ...Choice is good, but it is a different argument to the one you laid out.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-3036182484437385412012-03-08T05:40:45.487-08:002012-03-08T05:40:45.487-08:00Tandleman, I do agree with you to some extent. I t...Tandleman, I do agree with you to some extent. I think that maybe I didn't explain my point that well in the post. The point I was trying to make was that in order for pubs to be saved people need to think about alcohol differently. I wasn't specifically attacking the big breweries; they are after all some of the worlds most successful companies. If we continue down the path we are going then eventually Gideon's tax increases will price us all out of the pub.In my opinion the only way this can be stopped is by the public becoming more sensible with their drinking. <br /><br />The other point is that if I were a lager drinker, I would want as much choice and variety as someone who drinks ale. By expanding the range of beers on offer hopefully people will stop thinking about beer recklessly. I also never said that I would actively denigrate Carling etc just that people should always be given the choice. If people have choice then we can let the market decide who has the best "quality" product.wowninjashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665656992357583145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-44713629067171906352012-03-08T03:00:45.655-08:002012-03-08T03:00:45.655-08:00None of this "analysis" really adds up. ...None of this "analysis" really adds up. Quality and quantity give different outcomes. You can't save "the" British pub by increasing the so called quality of lager, though as Robinsons are doing you can save "a" British pub. Or some.<br /><br />Cookie is right here. Breweries, even small ones, are businesses. All they do is done to make money. To produce better quality (tastier) beer and discourage Carling etc, will not save the British pub. It would simply produce more expensive beer for everyone.<br /><br />While you may not like the output, the quality standards of large brewers are impeccable whether you call them plants, factories or breweries.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-18078447428739661092012-03-07T15:06:22.892-08:002012-03-07T15:06:22.892-08:00Interestingly Robinsons have just done a deal with...Interestingly Robinsons have just done a deal with Hawkshead to make the latter's Lakeland Lager available to their 55 Cumbrian pubs.John Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132845616834779091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-27874676246408206452012-03-07T12:26:40.363-08:002012-03-07T12:26:40.363-08:00Windsor and Etons Repulika (along with Cotswold an...Windsor and Etons Repulika (along with Cotswold and Calvors lagers)does taste a lot nicer though.<br /><br />I suspect this is partly due to a lot less chemicals involved in the process and more care taken by the micro/craft brewersStevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-16798056732233421282012-03-07T09:24:16.655-08:002012-03-07T09:24:16.655-08:00Copying bullshit doesn't make you correct.
A ...Copying bullshit doesn't make you correct.<br /><br />A brewery may or may not adopt factory methods of production. Division of labour occurs in any process of scale.<br /><br />Factory methods of production tend to enhance quality through consistency of end product.<br /><br />Further crap in this assumes your preferred smaller scale breweries (which may also adopt factory methods of production) have no interest in the coin.<br /><br />Profit is not evil and you'll find all businesses regardless of scale need to make it in order to provide a return on capital employed.<br /><br />Your general view of regular drinkers uninterested in the overpriced crap of geeks as being "10 pints of Stella binge drinkers" also stinks.<br /><br />There really is a lot to dislike about this rubbish. Try harder, old chap.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-69767284455379720522012-03-07T07:52:25.438-08:002012-03-07T07:52:25.438-08:00Cookie, I can find numerous examples of where Carl...Cookie, I can find numerous examples of where Carlseberg, Fosters and Stella have all had their breweries refered to as factories.wowninjashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665656992357583145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813167966310213387.post-90228157998337332612012-03-07T06:05:03.167-08:002012-03-07T06:05:03.167-08:00Having also tried the Republika I agree that it is...Having also tried the Republika I agree that it is a great beer. I do agree somewhat with what you're saying but would these fancy imported and expensive lagers really be able to sell in small country pubs? It would be interesting to see if they conquer smaller towns and cities over the next few years as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com