View Full Version : BITE bites the dust????
Aqualung
09-11-2012, 18:51
Has anyone else noticed that the hugely inferior pub review site Beer In The Evening has had no postings since just before midnight on Wednesday?
Strongers
09-11-2012, 19:56
Looks like it is having a make-over to me.
Mobyduck
09-11-2012, 20:08
Has anyone else noticed that the hugely inferior pub review site Beer In The Evening has had no postings since just before midnight on Wednesday?
Hadn't noticed but just had a look and seems so,so I posted a random but true comment on the Gunmakers ,Clerkenwell (BITE name picasso09) and it comes up on the pub page but not on the home page or Live page, a bit of a blip methinks, I wonder when they will notice.
oldboots
10-11-2012, 08:56
, i wonder when they will notice.
2015
Aqualung
10-11-2012, 20:06
Looks like it is having a make-over to me.
A bit like a Young's make-over IMHO.
Strongers
10-11-2012, 20:12
A bit like a Young's make-over IMHO.
:D
I wonder if they know that the Old Shades photo is that of the Market Porter! Perhaps I should inform them as I wouldn't want them to think their database is anything less than up to date or misleading.
Rex_Rattus
11-11-2012, 13:29
I wonder if they know that the Old Shades photo is that of the Market Porter! Perhaps I should inform them as I wouldn't want them to think their database is anything less than up to date or misleading.
Perhaps you should inform them. In fact I'm surprised that you've never bothered to tell them before now!!
Mobyduck
11-11-2012, 17:21
I wonder if they know that the Old Shades photo is that of the Market Porter! Perhaps I should inform them as I wouldn't want them to think their database is anything less than up to date or misleading.
Perhaps you should inform them. In fact I'm surprised that you've never bothered to tell them before now!!
There are multiple posts stretching back from May 2007 informing them of this ,so I don't think it will make any difference whatsoever or that they will give a monkeys.
realalerules1983
11-11-2012, 17:28
Has anyone else noticed that the hugely inferior pub review site Beer In The Evening has had no postings since just before midnight on Wednesday?
Yes as I still use the site. I think it may have stopped posting for Remembrance weekend. I know Twitter and Facebook was doing a two minute silence at 11am today. But that is just my speculation. Interesting all the same.
Yes as I still use the site. I think it may have stopped posting for Remembrance weekend. I know Twitter and Facebook was doing a two minute silence at 11am today. But that is just my speculation. Interesting all the same.
Still nothing on the main site - seeing as it stopped on November 7th I think we can rule out a two minute 'net silence ;)
realalerules1983
11-11-2012, 21:06
Yeah it is interesting. I'll keep a watchful eye on the situation. I don't understand how BITE adverts still come up even with a pop up blocker!
Aqualung
11-11-2012, 22:52
If you're running Win7 or Vista with Internet Explorer then you should be able to stop pop-ups from the site.
If you are using XP then I believe Firefox allows you to stop ads on a specific site.
I feel slightly embarassed about raising this thread now as BITE is completely rubbish in so many ways, er, actually in every respect to be honest. The make-over is definitely in the Young's style.
Brewguru
12-11-2012, 08:17
If you're running Win7 or Vista with Internet Explorer then you should be able to stop pop-ups from the site.
If you are using XP then I believe Firefox allows you to stop ads on a specific site.
I feel slightly embarassed about raising this thread now as BITE is completely rubbish in so many ways, er, actually in every respect to be honest. The make-over is definitely in the Young's style.
No need to be embarassed - most of us started out life on the BITE forum (no longer in existance) and migrated over here due to the lack of discipline and the overrunning of the forum by trolls. The moderators attitude was to bar anyone who raised their head over the parapet and took on the trolls.
The overall lack of interest by the site management filters through to every level.
Thanks to Conrad and Dave this site is so much better - cheers guys!
There used to be a thread on this somewhere on this site where we reported the trolling abuse to remind ourselves what we were missing, but interest in BITE diminished over time and so did the thread...
NickDavies
12-11-2012, 11:03
There used to be a thread on this somewhere on this site where we reported the trolling abuse to remind ourselves what we were missing, but interest in BITE diminished over time and so did the thread...
chatter ... http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?846-Chatter&highlight=chatter
Thanks to Conrad and Dave this site is so much better - cheers guys!
Hear hear. Fair moderation and a willingness to listen to the members has made this site far superior to BITE; the latter has just gone from bad to worse as itrs reviews have denegrated into slanging matches, noise and drivel.
ROBCamra
12-11-2012, 13:10
BITE; the latter has just gone from bad to worse as itrs reviews have denegrated into slanging matches, noise and drivel.
Whereas we just specialise in drivel. :D
I see their "Featured Pub Chain" is Wetherspoons with the bold claim that 602 are currently listed on the site. Only 162 short at the last count!
Whereas we just specialise in drivel. :D
But at least it's harmless drivel.
Blackthorn
12-11-2012, 19:08
I had an e-mail from them a few weeks back informing me that the pub that I had requested to be added had been........22 months after I requested it!
Is this a record?
NickDavies
12-11-2012, 19:20
It is odd. I'm subscribed to emails about the pubs I followed on it. About once every three weeks or so I get a little flurry of five or six about the same pub. Last week it was the Royal Oak in Rusper. A couple of weeks before that it was the Market Hotel in Reigate. Some time before that the Edgar Wallace near the Law Courts. No rhyme or reason to it considering I'm subscribed to hundreds.
He did file accounts a few weeks ago though the pic in this piece (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/9626089/Recovery-at-risk-from-zombie-businesses.html) about zombie businesses is appropriate.
gillhalfpint
12-11-2012, 19:52
I last entered something on BITE in 2010, and in view of this thread I had a mosey round it. I did get an e-mail last week that someone has been to a pub I had reviewed but I just deleted it., I am still down as a member and found all my stuff on there still.
I stopped recording on there when I found I preferred this site and couldn't be bothered to keep updating two sites.
Aqualung
16-11-2012, 18:03
After more than a week it is still stuck on the 7th/8th November, although it seems that posts are getting through.
What makes me laugh most about this is that a year or two back I made a post following a critical post of the site's inability to keep it updated that went along the lines of the site being rubbish as they never updated any details and were only interested in flogging useless Premium pub membership to gullible landlords/managers who didn't know any better.
As a result all my posts were deleted and that particulat username was deleted. Quite obviously this alone has caused the rapid decline of the site!
Maldenman
16-11-2012, 18:27
Was that just on the forum Aqualung, I'd dearly love to find a way of getting my reviews taken off there?
Aqualung
16-11-2012, 18:47
Was that just on the forum Aqualung, I'd dearly love to find a way of getting my reviews taken off there?
No, I never really got into the forums, try making some accusations along the lines that certain regional breweries have a policy of filtering slops back into the barrels, do an unjustified PintGlassPaddy style attack on a pub of your choice and then after a few weeks slag the site off as vehemently as you possibly can! That should work.
I assume that requesting they be removed got the same response as any other query with the site that didn't involve legal action against the site.
Maldenman
16-11-2012, 19:25
No, I never really got into the forums, try making some accusations along the lines that certain regional breweries have a policy of filtering slops back into the barrels, do an unjustified PintGlassPaddy style attack on a pub of your choice and then after a few weeks slag the site off as vehemently as you possibly can! That should work.
I assume that requesting they be removed got the same response as any other query with the site that didn't involve legal action against the site.
Ok mate just interested, would be nice if I could get rid though.
i couldn't remove my reviews but did change my settings so they show as being posted by anonymous
Aqualung
23-11-2012, 23:28
The site still seems to be stuck on the 7th/8th of November. I have picked up on a review for the Birkbeck Tavern from the 23rd of November.
I wonder if part of the makeover is deliberately not displaying the latest pub reviews. If that is the case then the site is destined to go down the toilet. I think that seeing the latest remarks about the pubs is the most essential part of an online pub guide.
Strongers
24-11-2012, 00:16
i couldn't remove my reviews but did change my settings so they show as being posted by anonymous
I was banned so unfortunately I don’t have that option. I decided to distance myself from BITE by changing my review name on here.
The site still seems to be stuck on the 7th/8th of November. I have picked up on a review for the Birkbeck Tavern from the 23rd of November.
I wonder if part of the makeover is deliberately not displaying the latest pub reviews. If that is the case then the site is destined to go down the toilet. I think that seeing the latest remarks about the pubs is the most essential part of an online pub guide.
The front page stopped updating a few times when I used to post over there and it was soon sorted when someone highlighted the issue via the forum. It’s either an oversight as the coordinator is too busy to care and it will be sorted in time or BITE has turned into a headless beast that will fade away.
I’m thinking that it will be sorted sooner or later, unfortunately.
Unscientific analysis, but when I used to type BITE into google it came up as the third hit. In the last few weeks it has dropped to fifth. :lol:
NickDavies
24-11-2012, 11:09
Unscientific analysis, but when I used to type BITE into google it came up as the third hit. In the last few weeks it has dropped to fifth. :lol:
Indeed even the wondrous Bitecard* comes second now.
*I wonder how long they'll keep this up, given it's worth around 80p a pint in some London stations.
The front page stopped updating a few times when I used to post over there and it was soon sorted when someone highlighted the issue via the forum. It’s either an oversight as the coordinator is too busy to care and it will be sorted in time or BITE has turned into a headless beast that will fade away.
I’m thinking that it will be sorted sooner or later, unfortunately.
Well, somebody has changed the banner back from the red poppy version used during the first part of the month (but you would have thought that they would have noticed that the clock stopped ticking early on 8 November...).
Strongers
24-11-2012, 14:50
Well, somebody has changed the banner back from the red poppy version used during the first part of the month (but you would have thought that they would have noticed that the clock stopped ticking early on 8 November...).
I seem to recall a conversation on here some time ago about the changing banner at the top of their front page. I’m pretty sure that Conrad said that it is an automatic feature.
NickDavies
24-11-2012, 21:43
This site (http://accommodationguide.co.uk/news/) is run from the same office and clearly has similar difficulties keeping up to date.
Aqualung
24-11-2012, 22:14
This site (http://accommodationguide.co.uk/news/) is run from the same office and clearly has similar difficulties keeping up to date.
I assume that the original creators of these sites have sold them on to some large web hosting site who have no interest whatsoever in the upkeep of them.
Why does this make me think of Ridleys/Greed Kerching, K&B/Badger, Hardy & Hanson/Greed Kerching, Morlands/Greed Kerching etc etc etc?
It's been raised on their Facebook page. So looks like they just can't be arsed. Good news for us :)
Aqualung
30-11-2012, 08:33
The Turrf Tavern in Oxford is now displayed as Pub of the Day for 28-11-2012 and there are no current posts at all!!
Brewguru
30-11-2012, 09:05
Yes, the live feed of comments has now been removed after being stuck on the 7th November for ages.
Aqualung
16-12-2012, 21:34
The Turf Tavern is still the Pub of the Day for the 28th of November and there are no current posts.
I have had no posts to "my pubs" since the 5th of December. I noticed tonight that there are three pages of recommendations here including some names that I don't recognise as the usual suspects. It looks like Bye Bye Bite to me!
sheffield hatter
16-12-2012, 21:59
But the annoyingly useless and stupidly named site keeps on coming up in the first few hits on Google! On the few occasions I have used the site I have been frustrated by the unfriendly layout, the hard to find and badly presented photos and the lack of up to date reviews.
Pubs Galore is so much better: it presents pubs in an attractive way, it invites contributions, the maps and photos are helpful and the way users can find out about contributors and join in the friendly discussions on the forums makes this quite clearly the best pubs site. And it's got a great name - who could fail to respond to the sound of the word "galore"?
Good bye BITE.
Aqualung
16-12-2012, 23:11
But the annoyingly useless and stupidly named site keeps on coming up in the first few hits on Google! On the few occasions I have used the site I have been frustrated by the unfriendly layout, the hard to find and badly presented photos and the lack of up to date reviews.
Pubs Galore is so much better: it presents pubs in an attractive way, it invites contributions, the maps and photos are helpful and the way users can find out about contributors and join in the friendly discussions on the forums makes this quite clearly the best pubs site. And it's got a great name - who could fail to respond to the sound of the word "galore"?
Good bye BITE.
I completely agree. On a different note, have you considered changing your search engine given that Google are "proud" to be avoiding paying Corporation Tax? I certainly have. I don't mind breweries avoiding excise duty as it is totally unfair.
NickDavies
17-12-2012, 15:51
WhatPub (http://whatpub.com/) has as a goal that "WhatPub overall compares favourably against the incumbent competition, and particularly, Beer in the Evening."
That's not much of a goal.
Aqualung
17-12-2012, 21:15
WhatPub (http://whatpub.com/) has as a goal that "WhatPub overall compares favourably against the incumbent competition, and particularly, Beer in the Evening."
That's not much of a goal.
Maybe it's an own goal!
Aqualung
30-12-2012, 21:50
I've seen a few reviews on "My Pubs" come through recently, notably two in Leytonstone from Blue_Scrumpy. It makes me wonder why he bothers.
I am aware that he has been on the site for a long while and is a prolific reviewer but every time I try and see all of his reviews I get a connection problem, presumably because there are so many.
If I remember rightly didn't the Pintglasspaddy debacle a few years ago over the Firefly in Bourne End occur at the same time as this?
Maybe the buffoon in charge of the site goes on a long exotic holiday to Benidorm at this time of year.
Mobyduck
30-12-2012, 23:59
I've seen a few reviews on "My Pubs" come through recently, notably two in Leytonstone from Blue_Scrumpy. It makes me wonder why he bothers.
I am aware that he has been on the site for a long while and is a prolific reviewer but every time I try and see all of his reviews I get a connection problem, presumably because there are so many.
I always used to have that problem with John Bonser's and Rex's reviews ,simply, as you say because of the number of reviews,but I always looked them up when researching pub trips as I knew their views were trustworthy,not something you could say about all reviews on that site.
Aqualung
31-12-2012, 12:59
I always used to have that problem with John Bonser's and Rex's reviews ,simply, as you say because of the number of reviews,but I always looked them up when researching pub trips as I knew their views were trustworthy,not something you could say about all reviews on that site.
I managed to get it to work by using Firefox.
Mobyduck
31-12-2012, 13:58
I managed to get it to work by using Firefox.
Going back a couple of years it was a case of trying to get it via my android phone ,no chance, now Google Chrome is ok.
Aqualung
31-12-2012, 14:58
Going back a couple of years it was a case of trying to get it via my android phone ,no chance, now Google Chrome is ok.
Android phone???? Wot Dat????
Mobyduck
31-12-2012, 15:49
Android phone???? Wot Dat????
Beam me up Scotty!!!
Aqualung
20-01-2013, 10:29
The pub of the day has appeared for the 18th and 19th of this month.
The 19th of Jan Pub of the Day is a cocktail bar in Earlsfield where the reviewer enthusiastically gushes "The Martinis are exceptional, especially the cucumber and chilli one! ". Rather unfortunate given the name of the site!
There are still no reviews for the day and I wonder if this is a deliberate policy due to the low number of reviews being posted.
There were an interesting couple of posts from the same poster yesterday about the Craft pub in Leather Lane and the Princess Louise in Holborn.
Mobyduck
21-01-2013, 10:51
There are still no reviews for the day and I wonder if this is a deliberate policy due to the low number of reviews being posted.
More likely they dont give a toss, I put the Holborn Whippet (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/77473/)up for inclusion on the site last October just to see how long it will take, no sign or communication yet and I dont expect any for a good few more months if ever .
NickDavies
21-01-2013, 16:05
TWG, as I'm sure we all know was a prolific and reliable BITE reviewer has jumped ship, a very welcome move.
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/36046/
TWG, as I'm sure we all know was a prolific and reliable BITE reviewer has jumped ship, a very welcome move.
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/36046/
Now that is a coup, welcome aboard TWG! I remember you from back in the day, we seemed to be drinking in the same pubs for a year or so around 2007/8... :drinkup:
Looking forward to seeing your reviews on the site. If you are reading this, Dave can tell you about the mass migrate tool which will allow you (if you wish) to migrate all your old BITE reviews over (and you can edit text and dates to your heart's content).
Mobyduck
21-01-2013, 19:11
TWG, as I'm sure we all know was a prolific and reliable BITE reviewer has jumped ship, a very welcome move.
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubreviews/36046/
Another nail in the BITE coffin , there are still some good guys over there though , but their contributions are slowly being lost in the sea of dross.
Aqualung
21-01-2013, 19:42
I've seen the name TWG at Bite and his new review of the Garland has made me even more determined to combine a crawl of a Croydon area Spoons or two with a bus ride to Redhill.
Bucking Fastard
21-01-2013, 22:06
I've seen the name TWG at Bite and his new review of the Garland has made me even more determined to combine a crawl of a Croydon area Spoons or two with a bus ride to Redhill.
Always good to see a prolific BITE reviewer such as TWG move over to this site,welcome !
Aqualung
23-03-2013, 00:08
The latest reviews section has reappeared!
Before you all get too excited, it is led by slanging matches over a Wirral Pub of which I know nothing and a former King And Barnes house which I do know but not as a free house.
NickDavies
23-03-2013, 08:37
The Royal Oak squabble has been going on ever since the local Camra branch threw it out of the GBG and removed any chance of it regaining its regional POTY status. The was mainly down to the landlady understandably taking exception to being told how to run her business by a couple of members of the branch and the resulting slanging match between them and the forces of reason. Since then those individuals have been overwhelmed by democracy and the pub is back in the GBG but the nonsense has continued on BITE ever since. I notice that even BITE's moderator has got cheesed off with it all (a difficult feat to achieve) and some posts have been removed.
Lady Grey
23-03-2013, 08:49
But the annoyingly useless and stupidly named site keeps on coming up in the first few hits on Google! On the few occasions I have used the site I have been frustrated by the unfriendly layout, the hard to find and badly presented photos and the lack of up to date reviews.
Pubs Galore is so much better: it presents pubs in an attractive way, it invites contributions, the maps and photos are helpful and the way users can find out about contributors and join in the friendly discussions on the forums makes this quite clearly the best pubs site. And it's got a great name - who could fail to respond to the sound of the word "galore"?
Good bye BITE.
Amen to that.
I wonder if we have another jumper - 'TJ'...?
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/userinfo.php?name=TJ58
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_profile.shtml?username=TeeJay
Yep, certainly looks like it...
The William Webb Ellis in Twickenham review has the same (something to do with rugby...!) comment and reference to the Everest climb to the toilets as on The Dark Side...
So if it is not the same individual then TJ58 could be open for a claim for plagiarism from TeeJay
Just had a splurge of reviews hit my inbox (for only one pub, mind). Here is the quality of the latest contributions for the Back of Beyond, the first one I read thus:
Whisky Diet you a brave soul hiding behind a keyboard. Lets see you call people to their face you piece of dog shite. Meet twats like you every day and usually they are either spotty youths or saddos with no life. Maybe we might just see you in the pub. That would be nice maybe a pint and a chat over you sad lack of a brain. What a little weazle you are. Perhaps I should be sorry for you for it appears your whisky diet has fucked up your brain. See you soon shithead.
Aqualung
04-08-2013, 21:30
Just had a splurge of reviews hit my inbox (for only one pub, mind). Here is the quality of the latest contributions for the Back of Beyond, the first one I read thus:
Whisky Diet you a brave soul hiding behind a keyboard. Lets see you call people to their face you piece of dog shite. Meet twats like you every day and usually they are either spotty youths or saddos with no life. Maybe we might just see you in the pub. That would be nice maybe a pint and a chat over you sad lack of a brain. What a little weazle you are. Perhaps I should be sorry for you for it appears your whisky diet has fucked up your brain. See you soon shithead.
I still look at the "other site" and I do have the impression that there are generally more reviews here, and that's even before excluding rubbish like the above, Bridalwear spamming and reviews that consist of the entire lyrics of the INXS track New Sensation from their hit album Kick. Out of interest, has this site ever been spammed?
Strongers
04-08-2013, 21:51
See you soon shithead.I haven't heard someone use the word "shithead" for years!!! :D
Aqualung
04-08-2013, 21:56
I haven't heard someone use the word "shithead" for years!!! :D
You've not been out with me. The whole pub is a target for this description when I'm around!
I haven't heard someone use the word "shithead" for years!!! :D
My ex-wife used it a lot.
I still look at the "other site" and I do have the impression that there are generally more reviews here
So far in 2013 we have had 6,730 reviews here and there have been, by my reckoning 11,668 on BitE, obviously I have no idea how many of those are bridalwear spamming or the like.
Aqualung
17-02-2014, 17:19
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/42/42898/Bearded_Man/St_Albans
It looks like someone on the other site is having a giraffe. The address of this "pub" is CAMRA HQ!!
Al 10000
17-02-2014, 17:45
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/42/42898/Bearded_Man/St_Albans
It looks like someone on the other site is having a giraffe. The address of this "pub" is CAMRA HQ!!
That's a great review,he even says "it looks more like an office" that review would'nt last a day on this site,i wonder how long it will be on that site for.
Mobyduck
17-02-2014, 18:41
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/42/42898/Bearded_Man/St_Albans
It looks like someone on the other site is having a giraffe. The address of this "pub" is CAMRA HQ!!
That's a great review,he even says "it looks more like an office" that review would'nt last a day on this site,i wonder how long it will be on that site for.
Someone's got a good sense of humour.
Aqualung
17-02-2014, 20:24
Someone's got a good sense of humour.
The correspondent has been on the site for years with many genuine reviews including some St Albans pubs.
I'm not one to gossip or try and start a conspiracy theory but could this be a CAMRA "insider" trying to discredit BITE for the benefit of their Whatpub site?
Mobyduck
17-02-2014, 20:39
The correspondent has been on the site for years with many genuine reviews including some St Albans pubs.
I'm not one to gossip or try and start a conspiracy theory but could this be a CAMRA "insider" trying to discredit BITE for the benefit of their Whatpub site?
The plot thickens :evilgrin:
oldboots
18-02-2014, 08:28
The correspondent has been on the site for years with many genuine reviews including some St Albans pubs.
I'm not one to gossip or try and start a conspiracy theory but could this be a CAMRA "insider" trying to discredit BITE for the benefit of their Whatpub site?
Probably a Mr C. Valentine, but then again how on earth can you discredit BITE?
Soup Dragon
20-02-2014, 08:08
how on earth can you discredit BITE?
:D
Epic random pub of the day, reads more like a psychotherapy session!
sheffield hatter
31-03-2014, 13:16
That's a great review,he even says "it looks more like an office" that review would'nt last a day on this site,i wonder how long it will be on that site for.
Not only is this pub (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/42/42898/Bearded_Man/St_Albans) still there after six weeks, the review has been joined by two more in the same vein.
Aqualung
10-08-2014, 08:08
ARSENALFAN36 has made it to the Random pub of the day! The Spoons involved or his opinion of it is hardly relevant. I've noticed there are some Spoons to the West of London where his (her?) reviews are the only ones that show.
NickDavies
10-08-2014, 08:41
Well they are trying very hard (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/30/3015/Cricketers/Croydon) to get closed down
bcfczuluarmy
10-08-2014, 14:55
Well they are trying very hard (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/30/3015/Cricketers/Croydon) to get closed down
Sounds a easy place to pull in if only I lived closer.
'Random pub of the day' hits the jackpot again...
Strongers
10-10-2014, 20:51
'Random pub of the day' hits the jackpot again...
Bloody hell!
Mobyduck
10-10-2014, 21:50
Bloody hell!
Bloody hell! http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Clifton-pub-rape-Charles-Franklin-jailed-years/story-20467072-detail/story.html
sheffield hatter
10-10-2014, 23:01
I take it that we're not going to this one (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/32/32023/Somerset_House/Bristol) on our PuG tour of Bristol next month, then?
NickDavies
11-10-2014, 18:51
Looks like Neransk are in trouble with Companies House (https://www.opencompany.co.uk/company/05032120/neransk-limited) yet again.
It's a wonder they manage to pay their web-hosting/DNS registration fees.
Looks like Neransk are in trouble with Companies House (https://www.opencompany.co.uk/company/05032120/neransk-limited) yet again.
It's a wonder they manage to pay their web-hosting/DNS registration fees.
It's an impressive rap sheet
Al 10000
12-10-2014, 14:24
I take it that we're not going to this one (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/32/32023/Somerset_House/Bristol) on our PuG tour of Bristol next month, then?
I took my wife into this pub on the 11 May 2002,we thought it was quite a nice pub back then.
ARSENALFAN36 has made it to the Random pub of the day! The Spoons involved or his opinion of it is hardly relevant. I've noticed there are some Spoons to the West of London where his (her?) reviews are the only ones that show.
:D http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/67/6749/#comments :D
oldboots
20-10-2014, 08:28
:D http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/67/6749/#comments :D
Not so much reviews as performance art.
I want to meet Jasmin :love:
Aqualung
20-10-2014, 09:52
:D http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/67/6749/#comments :D
I'm glad you posted this as I had missed the review of the Manchester and County.
I wonder how he would cope in the Banker's Draft (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23979/) as it's not a very big pub nor does it have lots of tables to choose from and as I recall does not have a very good view onto Well Hall Road.
Personally I think his reviews represent a subtle condemnation of Wetherspoon's outlets, the reviews are all the same as are the pubs. The very fact that he just drinks Pepsi is a savage inditement of the daytime Spoons brigade who are probably all around him.
ROBCamra
20-10-2014, 09:53
I want to meet Jasmin :love:
But you have to ask yourself OB. Does she really need another stalker?
I'd stick to stalking Carol Kirkwood if I were you. :evilgrin:
oldboots
20-10-2014, 13:14
But you have to ask yourself OB. Does she really need another stalker?
I'd stick to stalking Carol Kirkwood if I were you. :evilgrin:
:D everyone needs a hobby.
Talking of stalking does that Joe Gladwin lookalike still stalk you and Mrs C?
1129
ROBCamra
20-10-2014, 13:23
:D everyone needs a hobby.
Talking of stalking does that Joe Gladwin lookalike still stalk you and Mrs C?
I'm not sure I was the one he was stalking. ;)
Luckily we haven't seen him since February 2013 at Fleetwood Beer Fest.
He wasn't at the 2014 fest, at least, not on the Saturday. :cheers:
Aqualung
31-10-2014, 08:49
The mass debate on the Dark Side (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/6749/) seems to be hotting up. Someone's even coming up with some psycho-babble rubbish like what I put in my last post which was meant in jest. It was inspired by English Literature O level where I could not say what I really thought about Macbeth but had to concoct a load of sycophantic drivel that the examiner would like.
The mass debate on the Dark Side (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/6749/) seems to be hotting up. Someone's even coming up with some psycho-babble rubbish like what I put in my last post which was meant in jest. It was inspired by English Literature O level where I could not say what I really thought about Macbeth but had to concoct a load of sycophantic drivel that the examiner would like.
Hope it's not something to do with watching arsenal im in the burnley end tomorrow
I see a spambot is currently posting links to fake watch sites (and the like) all over their Coventry pubs.
LordJ is back leaving his views in Reading - http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_comments.shtml?username=Lord_J
It's a spectator sport popping over there once a week.
Mobyduck
08-11-2014, 10:00
I see a spambot is currently posting links to fake watch sites (and the like) all over their Covent.
Very entertaining it is too, http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_comments.shtml?username=rhrermist. Yawn:confused:
Aqualung
20-11-2014, 08:41
The natives are getting restless on the Dark Side (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/29/2964/Minerva_Hotel/Hull).
NickDavies
04-05-2015, 16:15
Some things don't change
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/6749/
Mobyduck
04-05-2015, 19:03
Some things don't change
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/6749/
He is consistent.
He is consistent.
Not really...........he keeps changing tables.
Aqualung
10-05-2015, 11:48
How do you know it's a "he"?? The profile may be a lie!
Mobyduck
10-05-2015, 17:00
How do you know it's a "he"?? The profile may be a lie!
He notices waitresses legs quite often, so, ah well maybe ..........????
Maldenman
31-07-2015, 15:21
He notices waitresses legs quite often, so, ah well maybe ..........????
I see our friend is now reviewing his spoons breakfast pub before he actually goes there.......
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/19/19769/White_House/Stockley_Park
NickDavies
31-07-2015, 15:47
I wonder whose legs he will stare at. And he was hungry the other Wednesday.
Mobyduck
31-07-2015, 19:55
I see our friend is now reviewing his spoons breakfast pub before he actually goes there.......
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/19/19769/White_House/Stockley_Park
At least he has a plan. :rolleyes:
bcfczuluarmy
31-07-2015, 20:23
Is he for real? And I'm not sure why the police haven't hauled him in as he seems decidedly creepy bordering on sex pest.
NickDavies
31-07-2015, 20:28
I'm not sure staring at someone's legs is indictable, though following them around the room would earn you a thick ear in some circles. But creepy true enough.
I see our friend is now reviewing his spoons breakfast pub before he actually goes there.......
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/19/19769/White_House/Stockley_Park
And he can't spell their is there
Shame, I used to live in Hillingdon, when it was village and not London suburb, my great aunt was the cook at Stockley House
I see our friend is now reviewing his spoons breakfast pub before he actually goes there.......
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/19/19769/White_House/Stockley_Park
i wonder if ARSENALFAN36 would be interested in this
http://wetherspoonscarpets.tumblr.com/
Mobyduck
06-08-2015, 18:35
i wonder if ARSENALFAN36 would be interested in this
http://wetherspoonscarpets.tumblr.com/
Some classic carpets there, and some dodgy footwear to boot! :whistle:
Aqualung
25-09-2015, 19:11
It's all been kicking off. See this (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/6749/).
Wittenden
25-09-2015, 19:31
It's all been kicking off. See this (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/6749/).
Sounds like "Biker" and his aliases are in the thick of it.
NickDavies
25-09-2015, 21:09
Sounds like "Biker" and his aliases are in the thick of it.
There is life - possibly lurking here - it's been cleared down in the last hour or so.
There is life - possibly lurking here - it's been cleared down in the last hour or so.
Aww that's a shame I really wanted to read it! It must have been tremendously unpleasant and/or actionable for it to go, given some of the reviews that still sit on there untouched...
This is how things were developing on Thursday, it got worse on Friday though
Judging by the repetitive nature of AF36's posts I long ago came to the conclusion that he is most likely just a harmless autistic savant.
Report this for removal
FuzzyDuck - 24 Sep 2015 16:03
At last some common sense! On a previous occasion, when AF36 said what he was going to do the NEXT DAY, I sent him a message. He responded, saying the only correct thing in the review was that he went to that particular pub. He then asked me to leave the site, when in fact he should do so! I will personally report all his future posts for removal, and would urge all other users to do the same.
Report this for removal
beerpilgrim - 24 Sep 2015 15:28
I shall repeat my post from yesterday:-
Could I request all users of this site that whenever they see a post from ARSENALFAN36 they tell the tw*t to clear off and send a request to BITE to remove it. Why BITE allow him to waste so much of their space with his drivel is totally beyond me. BITE cannot be taken seriously as a pub review site whilst they give free rein to that idiot.
But as realerules1983 says (see below) perhaps BITE did bite the dust years ago. The loss of Jon Bonser's reviews was a great blow to this site's credibility.
Report this for removal
MillHouse - 24 Sep 2015 09:34
My post from yesterday questing the removal of the t*sser known as ARSENALFAN36 has been removed and his drivel left on here. Can I conclude that he is the t*sser who runs this site ? !
Report this for removal
MillHouse - 24 Sep 2015 09:26
Mobyduck
26-09-2015, 18:39
Maybe beerpilgrim and MillHouse should follow John Bonser and join the lightside.
Aqualung
05-10-2015, 21:10
It's kicking off again but to a lesser degree, see this (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/7307/) before it gets taken down.
I've got the Slough Spoons in my sights before the end of the year so wonder if a great meeting of minds might be on the cards.
It's kicking off again but to a lesser degree, see this (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/7307/) before it gets taken down.
I've got the Slough Spoons in my sights before the end of the year so wonder if a great meeting of minds might be on the cards.
I love the way that AF36 has ploughed a classic review into the middle of the argument with no hint of acknowledgement of what's happening around him, brilliantly subversive. Is he also that bloke who has the Cooking Lager persona, I wonder?
I love the way that AF36 has ploughed a classic review into the middle of the argument with no hint of acknowledgement of what's happening around him, brilliantly subversive. Is he also that bloke who has the Cooking Lager persona, I wonder?
He's been at it for over two years now (since 2 October 2013) so certain letters on his keyboard must be almost worn through by now!
Aqualung
05-10-2015, 22:01
I love the way that AF36 has ploughed a classic review into the middle of the argument with no hint of acknowledgement of what's happening around him, brilliantly subversive. Is he also that bloke who has the Cooking Lager persona, I wonder?
Given that his chosen Spoons are over your side of London it had occurred to me that he might be you??????
On a more serious note I do find repeat reviews useful at times especially in Sutton where I know exactly what to expect if I go to the Spoons there courtesy of HoppyAl who underwent his own torment on the Dark Side.
You can't really fault the veracity of AF36's profile on the dark side: "I like to go to weatherspoon pubs and watch people go past and stuff or something or nothing."
PS - He gives an indication of where he hails from in a 2014 'review' of the Red Lion Langley.
Aqualung
05-10-2015, 22:22
He gives an indication of where he hails from in a 2014 'review' of the Red Lion Langley.
I had twigged that but one of the great questions is how he suddenly came across the White House at Stockley Park which to me is the most obscure Spoons n Greater London.
Strongers
06-10-2015, 08:48
COYB
NickDavies
12-10-2015, 15:00
You do wonder about people don't you
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/29/29698/Watermill_Inn/Dorking
"They have lost my service, when I said to my wife we aren’t going back there, she said that she never liked the slow service or the food and only put up with it because she thought that I liked it there."
sheffield hatter
12-10-2015, 21:48
You do wonder about people don't you
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/29/29698/Watermill_Inn/Dorking
"They have lost my service, when I said to my wife we aren’t going back there, she said that she never liked the slow service or the food and only put up with it because she thought that I liked it there."
"They have lost my service"??? I guess from the context that he means "custom".
I love the pay-off: "... it isn’t any great shakes anyway, it is just handy because our dog can sit with us outside." You can sit outside any old pub with your dog - the exceptional ones are where you can take your (well-behaved) best friend inside. Good grief.
Thanks for the link, Nick.
Aqualung
14-10-2015, 20:17
ARSENALFAN36 has had all of his posts removed prior to the start of last week, something that caused a war of words under the Moon and Spoon in Slough. This led him to visit it twice today as well as getting a bus to the two Maidenhead ones!
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/36/36813/Inn_on_the_Park/Enfield
errrrrrr???
Blackthorn
16-10-2015, 15:20
ARSENALFAN36 has had all of his posts removed prior to the start of last week, something that caused a war of words under the Moon and Spoon in Slough. This led him to visit it twice today as well as getting a bus to the two Maidenhead ones!
That's awful, the only thing worth reading on BITE was his reviews. I see from some of the ones that are left that he has now graduated from orange juice to cider (if you can call Kopparberg With Mixed Fruits a cider).
That's awful, the only thing worth reading on BITE was his reviews. I see from some of the ones that are left that he has now graduated from orange juice to cider (if you can call Kopparberg With Mixed Fruits a cider).
Elephant in the room would you welcome gooner here
Aqualung
16-10-2015, 18:37
That's awful, the only thing worth reading on BITE was his reviews. I see from some of the ones that are left that he has now graduated from orange juice to cider (if you can call Kopparberg With Mixed Fruits a cider).
Generally I agree and I'm glad you have enlightened me as to what that drink is. Surely it's not a product from a global corporate abomination is it?
Aqualung
16-10-2015, 18:50
Elephant in the room would you welcome gooner here
Good Point!
There is another character on the Dark Side called HoppyAl who regularly updates his opinion on the beer choice and quality of mainly the three Sutton Spoons. I actually find this quite useful.
Not being a fan of either Porridge or Ham and Cheese Panini I find AF36's posts completely useless especially as he never refers to the quality of the food.
Good Point!
he never refers to the quality of the food.
I think we all know the quality of 'Spoons' food.
I think we all know the quality of 'Spoons' food.
Any port in a storm :evilgrin:
Mobyduck
19-10-2015, 18:37
I think we all know the quality of 'Spoons' food.
Trade Descriptions Act ?
Aqualung
22-10-2015, 18:41
After something of a frenzy of activity over the last week AF36 seems to have stopped or been stopped posting and all the aggro surrounding him has been removed. I noticed some of the names involved in this conflagration were also participants in the PintGlassPaddy row several years ago.
Meanwhile there are just eight reviews posted on BITE today two of which are from HoppyAl about Sutton Spoons and here there is over a page full of reviews.
ROBCamra
22-10-2015, 18:51
Meanwhile there are just eight reviews posted on BITE today two of which are from HoppyAl about Sutton Spoons and here there is over a page full of reviews here.
Sadly, quite a few of them involve the word "shite" and not much else from the raconteur that is Al Bundy. :muppet::moremad:
Aqualung
22-10-2015, 19:01
Sadly, quite a few of them involve the word "shite" and not much else from the raconteur that is Al Bundy. :muppet::moremad:
Would you prefer Arsenal Fan? I can't disregard all of his posts and I regarded it as a real result when he highly rated the Liverpool Lime Kiln Spoons.
Blackthorn
22-10-2015, 22:05
After something of a frenzy of activity over the last week AF36 seems to have stopped or been stopped posting and all the aggro surrounding him has been removed. I noticed some of the names involved in this conflagration were also participants in the PintGlassPaddy row several years ago.
Odd, he still seems to have some of his reviews up, but you can't click on his user and see all reviews. It says his account is deleted or suspended.
At least he always made me laugh which is more than can be said for some of the "contributors" on there, such as BEES4EVVA. Odd that he had the exact same unfortunate experience in four pubs on the same day whereas I don't ever recall that in 30 years of pub going.
NickDavies
24-10-2015, 13:43
AF36 may well have regenerated and teleported to Reigate
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/20/205/Market_Hotel/Reigate
Mobyduck
24-10-2015, 16:12
AF36 may well have regenerated and teleported to Reigate
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/20/205/Market_Hotel/Reigate
You may have a point.
Strongers
03-11-2015, 12:05
Anyone been to any of the 5 Queens Head pubs on Acton Street?
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/results.shtml?l=N5+2NH+
Lots of duplications on various pubs - I thought it was just the contributors that BITE was having trouble with. I didn't realise their database was also falling to bits!
ROBCamra
03-11-2015, 13:01
I'd go in the second one, it's got the best rating. :p
NickDavies
03-11-2015, 13:38
The one I've been in isn't at all bad. But then there were ten of them by the time we left.
Mobyduck
03-11-2015, 18:50
Iv'e been in one of them, but don't know which. :confused:
NickDavies
03-11-2015, 21:52
The standard of debate here (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/23/2383/Hope/Carshalton) doesn't improve
Anyone been to any of the 5 Queens Head pubs on Acton Street?
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/results.shtml?l=N5+2NH+
Lots of duplications on various pubs - I thought it was just the contributors that BITE was having trouble with. I didn't realise their database was also falling to bits!
Since the postcode is WC1X 9NB, it is actually listed on BITE six times...
The standard of debate here (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/23/2383/Hope/Carshalton) doesn't improve
Good god the old prat's still going. What a troll.
Aqualung
20-01-2016, 15:17
For those not brave or daft enough to venture onto the Dark Side he's been back for around a month now. Using the heavily disguised name Paul36 it's the same old haunts, Slough, Windsor & Maidenhead mainly but also Cardiff!
There's also another contributor with the delightful username CLAREBALDINGSCHIN. He's reviewed a few pubs over my way but the only one I've been to is the Railway Bell and that was years ago.
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_comments.shtml?username=ClareBaldingsChin
NickDavies
25-01-2016, 17:20
Four very accurate reviews but it still manages 3.2 points.
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/37/37967/White_Hart/Enfield
Mobyduck
25-01-2016, 20:38
Four very accurate reviews but it still manages 3.2 points.
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/37/37967/White_Hart/Enfield
Yes but "please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously."
They are obviously as good as their word. :D
Four very accurate reviews but it still manages 3.2 points.
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/37/37967/White_Hart/Enfield
Reported as closed here on 3rd Jun 2010 by Elizabeth McGraw and actioned the same day. 'nuff said!
NickDavies
31-01-2016, 17:56
Wonder how long this guy will last
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_comments.shtml?username=pissbehindthecupboard
Mobyduck
31-01-2016, 18:26
Wonder how long this guy will last
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_comments.shtml?username=pissbehindthecupboard
Obviously got an issue with bones.
trainman
31-01-2016, 18:31
Oh dear, oh dear.
But you have to laugh at "I go to check out toilet and pretend to have a leek"... hahaha!!
Wonder how long this guy will last
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_comments.shtml?username=pissbehindthecupboard
He will probably last for years before Darkside "admin" bothers to find it!
Lady Grey
11-02-2016, 10:34
Wonder how long this guy will last
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_comments.shtml?username=pissbehindthecupboard
And they say romance is dead!
Strongers
14-04-2016, 19:09
Does this still hold true about BITE?
Officially the UK's biggest and busiest pub and bar guide!
Does this still hold true about BITE?
Officially the UK's biggest and busiest pub and bar guide!
Depends how you define things really.
Biggest to me would mean the most information - so lots of pubs and lots of information about them. Clearly WP & PG are way ahead on that count.
Busiest I guess is just the one with the most visitors and as far as I know BitE still leads the way (by some margin) on number of visitors.
One could argue that the 'biggest pub guide' is the one with the most reviews, in which case BitE does still have the lead. Although in 2015 PG had more reviews than BitE.
One could argue that the 'biggest pub guide' is the one with the most reviews, in which case BitE does still have the lead.
Quantity v Quality...
Mobyduck
15-04-2016, 18:36
Quantity v Quality...
Accuracy.
aleandhearty
16-04-2016, 10:04
One could argue that the 'biggest pub guide' is the one with the most reviews, in which case BitE does still have the lead. Although in 2015 PG had more reviews than BitE.
I've noticed, that for quite a while, PuG seems to have a much better daily review tally than BITE. It would be nice to think that in the future there will come a tipping point...
Strongers
16-04-2016, 10:39
I've noticed, that for quite a while, PuG seems to have a much better daily review tally than BITE. It would be nice to think that in the future there will come a tipping point...
This is why I asked the question. At this moment in time they have had 10 reviews in the last 3 days.
For reference, so far in 2016:-
PuG 2,683
BitE 1,821
Mobyduck
16-04-2016, 18:28
For reference, so far in 2016:-
PuG 2,683
BitE 1,821
That's a decent lead at this stage of the game, and I bet the trustworthy percentage is well in PuG's favour if you can define such a thing.
Aqualung
16-04-2016, 22:51
For reference, so far in 2016:-
PuG 2,683
BitE 1,821
That doesn't surprise me at all. Of course the Dark Side also includes some of the slanging matches the most recent one I've seen being Slerpy vs the rest of the world.
NickDavies
23-04-2016, 15:02
Wonder who owns it now
"Dissolved on
16 February 2016 "
"Final Gazette dissolved via compulsory strike-off"
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/05032120
No (published) updates since December...
Wonder who owns it now
Still Chris as far as I know. Most of the Neransk branding was removed from the site some time ago though.
Strongers
23-04-2016, 16:41
Still Chris as far as I know. Most of the Neransk branding was removed from the site some time ago though.
The poison little dwarf?!!
NickDavies
23-04-2016, 19:01
Presumably running it privately as his other two companies got struck off too.
NickDavies
29-04-2016, 15:45
Here we go again!
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_profile.shtml?username=11pints
Komakino
29-04-2016, 19:12
Hahaha. I noticed that earlier. Wonder how long he lasts in this incarnation...
Aqualung
29-04-2016, 19:46
Hahaha. I noticed that earlier. Wonder how long he lasts in this incarnation...
It's only this or similar stuff and possibly Blue Scrumpy & Snarling Mallard contributions that make the site worth visiting!!
Mobyduck
29-04-2016, 20:03
Here we go again!
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_profile.shtml?username=11pints
Love it.
Al 10000
30-04-2016, 16:13
I have been thinking of doing shorter reviews as i have less time than i did have a few years ago.
Should i go for the Al Bundy type reviews which i quite like or the Hondo one liners which get great acclaim,while my reviews which take note of the pub interiors get none.
Walked to the Admiral Sir John Borlace Warren in Stapleford sat at table 10 had a breakfast served by Jenny and a pint it was good.
Or Wetherspoons 8 real ales.
Or Typical Weterspoons with real ales and a few scallys,but still decent enough.
Three different types of reviews the choice is yours.
Aqualung
30-04-2016, 20:57
Typical Weterspoons with real ales and a few scallys,but still decent enough.
I prefer this, it has far more implied information than the other two. Who could possibly be interested in who served you and what table you sat at but it's really down to your own choice.
If someone like John Bonser and a few others have written an essay below about the pub then I don't bother with too much detail about the interior. Mr Bundy's reviews have improved a lot IMO and I've found some of them amusing. It was the single word ones that seemed pointless to me.
Aqualung
02-05-2016, 19:39
Here we go again!
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_profile.shtml?username=11pints
I've had a closer look at those two posts and I reckon they are fake. The grammar and spelling are a bit too good apart from the fact there are huge sentences all joined with "and"s. I reckon it's someone copying him which is even sadder than the original posts.
Komakino
02-05-2016, 22:41
It's only this or similar stuff and possibly Blue Scrumpy & Snarling Mallard contributions that make the site worth visiting!!
As a former 'darksider', I'd say BoehmBawerk and Lezford are still worthy contributors on t'other side...
Aqualung
02-05-2016, 22:51
As a former 'darksider', I'd say BoehmBawerk and Lezford are still worthy contributors on t'other side...
Agreed!
As a former 'darksider', I'd say BoehmBawerk and Lezford are still worthy contributors on t'other side...
I wonder why they still bother!
I have been thinking of doing shorter reviews as i have less time than i did have a few years ago.
Should i go for the Al Bundy type reviews which i quite like or the Hondo one liners which get great acclaim,while my reviews which take note of the pub interiors get none.
Walked to the Admiral Sir John Borlace Warren in Stapleford sat at table 10 had a breakfast served by Jenny and a pint it was good.
Or Wetherspoons 8 real ales.
Or Typical Weterspoons with real ales and a few scallys,but still decent enough.
Three different types of reviews the choice is yours.
I think reviews consciously/subconsciously reflect the personality (lack in my case) of the reviewer. We all have our own modus operandi which is a good thing anyway time for my next session "Let me tell you ... https://youtu.be/pE_x3UC1f3o :eek:
london calling
03-05-2016, 20:20
I have been thinking of doing shorter reviews as i have less time than i did have a few years ago.
Should i go for the Al Bundy type reviews which i quite like or the Hondo one liners which get great acclaim,while my reviews which take note of the pub interiors get none.
Walked to the Admiral Sir John Borlace Warren in Stapleford sat at table 10 had a breakfast served by Jenny and a pint it was good.
Or Wetherspoons 8 real ales.
Or Typical Weterspoons with real ales and a few scallys,but still decent enough.
Three different types of reviews the choice is yours.
Al, none of those example are of any help to other users.I want to know what beers are on in London pubs.It gives me an idea if its the sort of pub I want to tick.I too have never had acclaim even though I do brilliant reviews and have singlehandedly raised the standard of this site.
Mobyduck
03-05-2016, 20:38
Al, none of those example are of any help to other users.I want to know what beers are on in London pubs.It gives me an idea if its the sort of pub I want to tick.I too have never had acclaim even though I do brilliant reviews and have singlehandedly raised the standard of this site.
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25326/ :notworthy: :D.
Strongers
04-05-2016, 06:15
I don't really drink real ale anymore. I much prefer a nice cold pint of euro fizz, preferably Fosters because I can gulp it down. However, after visiting a pub I always list the cask options available even though they are of little interest to me. I do this to thank London Calling for his herculean effort in teaching us mere mortals how pub reviewing should be done. LC FOR MAYOR!!!
london calling
04-05-2016, 20:40
This acclaim may be short lived so today I will revel in it.I have stuck a small gold star on my jumper. Just had a nice cold pint of euro piss at my local Harvester.Carlsberg served in a Carling glass the other option was Gk -ipa on cask. cheers john
NickDavies
27-09-2016, 11:28
Good god the old prat's still going. What a troll.
It's still going on (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/2383/)...
It's still going on (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/2383/)...
I must be very bored or going totally mad!
I have just read 8 years of "reviews" to a pub I am unlikely to visit on a site I rarely ever view.
At least I now know now why BiTe used to have more reviews than PuG. On the dark side, there is no difference between a review and a very long running forum thread!
At least one exchange of insults made me laugh.
After a typo, when it was said that The Hope sold a lot of dark bears, the next reviewer coined "The society for Preservation of Bears from the Woods!" :D
EDIT:- Even more bored. I have just counted them! ............ 230 "reviews"!!
Mobyduck
28-09-2016, 19:48
I must be very bored or going totally mad!
I have just read 8 years of "reviews" to a pub I am unlikely to visit on a site I rarely ever view.
At least I now know now why BiTe used to have more reviews than PuG. On the dark side, there is no difference between a review and a very long running forum thread!
At least one exchange of insults made me laugh.
After a typo, when it was said that The Hope sold a lot of dark bears, the next reviewer coined "The society for Preservation of Bears from the Woods!" :D
EDIT:- Even more bored. I have just counted them! ............ 230 "reviews"!!
You should get out more often. :D
Aqualung
12-10-2016, 21:28
Sadly about a classic old K & B house that I remember well but haven't been back to since the shareholders sold out :-
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/13/13712/Scarlett_Arms/Walliswood
Aqualung
10-04-2017, 11:42
Has anyone else noticed that Lester Ford the recent reviewer on here is almost certainly Lezford from the Dark Side. If Mr Ford is reading this welcome to the light (and don't take too seriously anything I say about football!).
Mobyduck
10-04-2017, 19:41
Has anyone else noticed that Lester Ford the recent reviewer on here is almost certainly Lezford from the Dark Side. If Mr Ford is reading this welcome to the light (and don't take too seriously anything I say about football!).
Didn't make that particular connection, but yes welcome, and I don't think anyone, (who cares), takes anything you say about football seriously. :D
NickDavies
14-08-2017, 16:12
Who rattled his cage? Seems pubs are being added again after the best part of a year.
https://blog.beerintheevening.com/
Aqualung
14-08-2017, 16:54
Who rattled his cage? Seems pubs are being added again after the best part of a year.
https://blog.beerintheevening.com/
Nearly every time I go to look at it there are pubs with those gobbledegook advertising posts.
BITE not loading tonight, which is a bummer as I'm wanting it to get some historic contextual info for my latest batch of reviews.
Somebody put a shilling in the meter...
aleandhearty
23-09-2017, 20:20
BITE not loading tonight
Hasn't been loading for a while. Seems to be doing PuG a favour. When cross-checking pub info on Google, my impression is we're a lot higher up the pages, often in the first half dozen suggestions.
Mobyduck
24-09-2017, 07:26
Apparently they are undergoing a site migration, so unable to log in for the time being.
Apparently they are undergoing a site migration, so unable to log in for the time being.
Well spotted.
That is quite interesting, they must be making some significant code changes for it to be taking several days.
Aqualung
24-09-2017, 11:27
Well spotted.
That is quite interesting, they must be making some significant code changes for it to be taking several days.
Do you think they would be doing something to prevent those spurious adverts that appear as reviews?
Is there a reason (preferably in straightforward terms) why they don't happen here?
Do you think they would be doing something to prevent those spurious adverts that appear as reviews?
I doubt that would be a priority. My guess is that they may be changing the way all the data is stored on the site, which would be a lot of work but ultimately would make no visible difference to the site. It would potentially make it easier for them to make changes in the future.
Is there a reason (preferably in straightforward terms) why they don't happen here?
Ok, the spam adverts that appear on BITE contain web addresses. I'm not certain but I think in the early days of the site they probably turned into actual links, after that point the site will have been marked as one that could be spammed and so it keeps happening.
That trick has never worked on this site, I can see examples of spammers trying back in 2006, found out it didn't work and gave up.
We do sometimes get that sort of thing posted to the forum. Probably every few months or so.
Hasn't been loading for a while. Seems to be doing PuG a favour. When cross-checking pub info on Google, my impression is we're a lot higher up the pages, often in the first half dozen suggestions.
Back up again now, with no discernible changes (and the Experian 2010 rosette still on display)...
NickDavies
24-09-2017, 17:36
I still get " Member area and posting of new reviews are briefly unavailable during our site platform migration! Come back soon!
- BITE Team (24/09/17) "
I still get " Member area and posting of new reviews are briefly unavailable during our site platform migration! Come back soon!
- BITE Team (24/09/17) "
Sorry for not being clear - I was referring to the main site pages which weren't working last week.
Aqualung
24-09-2017, 18:38
I doubt that would be a priority. My guess is that they may be changing the way all the data is stored on the site, which would be a lot of work but ultimately would make no visible difference to the site. It would potentially make it easier for them to make changes in the future.
Ok, the spam adverts that appear on BITE contain web addresses. I'm not certain but I think in the early days of the site they probably turned into actual links, after that point the site will have been marked as one that could be spammed and so it keeps happening.
That trick has never worked on this site, I can see examples of spammers trying back in 2006, found out it didn't work and gave up.
We do sometimes get that sort of thing posted to the forum. Probably every few months or so.
Thanks for that, I think I get the general idea.
Just another observation.
BITE definitely appears to be on a new server. I'm wondering if perhaps there was a catastrophic failure of the old one and it is just taking time to set it up properly again.
Aqualung
01-10-2017, 21:47
Just another observation.
BITE definitely appears to be on a new server. I'm wondering if perhaps there was a catastrophic failure of the old one and it is just taking time to set it up properly again.
Logging in is still "briefly unavailable", a message dated 24th September, a week ago. The last review was on the 19th of September so come Tuesday it will have been down a fortnight.
Logging in is still "briefly unavailable", a message dated 24th September, a week ago. The last review was on the 19th of September so come Tuesday it will have been down a fortnight.
Their location search now seems to pack up with a "pub information: [an error occurred while processing this directive" error message on the second attempt...
Their location search now seems to pack up with a "pub information: [an error occurred while processing this directive" error message on the second attempt...
don't tell him, Pike!!!
don't tell him, Pike!!!
Or that nobody seems to have been able to add a review since the 19th of September...
Or that nobody seems to have been able to add a review since the 19th of September...
That's the new normal over there though isn't it? :whistle:
Aqualung
03-10-2017, 22:12
Maybe they do read this, after yesterday's posts a comment has been added
Not long now!
How long is long?
NickDavies
04-10-2017, 07:38
Maybe they do read this, after yesterday's posts a comment has been added
How long is long?
Well if livelihoods depended on it a site migration would be done in hours, not days, let alone weeks. If it really mattered the new site would have been running in the background and the switchover would be done a matter of minutes.
One can assume Bite is of no commercial significance to anyone.
NickDavies
22-10-2017, 18:43
I'm beginning to think it's a Mary Celeste site. No signs of life bar a few random death throes for a month now.
bcfczuluarmy
24-10-2017, 18:40
I like the fact they are adding shut pubs and nightclubs along with pubs that every man and his dog know are there. How rubbish and out dated is this site.
Aqualung
24-10-2017, 20:57
How rubbish and out dated is this site.
Total rubbish I would say. It's been down for well over a month now although a few token reviews have been added. I checked a few recently opened JDWs I've been to and the only one that appears is the Crown in Biggleswade which was closed for years while Wetherspoon turned it into one of their hotels.
Aqualung
03-12-2017, 21:31
It's now over two full calendar months since the post saying Not Long Now before logins were allowed. I reckon it has actually bitten the dust and even if it returns will be damaged beyond reprieve.
... damaged beyond reprieve.
I think reputationally it already is.
Aqualung
05-12-2017, 22:07
I think reputationally it already is.
I must be going senile, I missed that gag!
NickDavies
31-12-2017, 17:43
It's now over two full calendar months since the post saying Not Long Now before logins were allowed. I reckon it has actually bitten the dust and even if it returns will be damaged beyond reprieve.
Well yesterday I put a sarky reply to someone on their FB page who was wondering what had happened suggesting they try here or What Pub. Comment and my reply rapidy removed and it seems I'm now banned from commenting on said FB page.
There is life, but not as we know it.
There is life, but not as we know it.
You might have prompted the 'dark side' to add a review today - the first for over two weeks - from 'Wezzielad' (who mysteriously has provided seven of the last ten reviews showing on the home page).
Aqualung
31-12-2017, 18:57
Well yesterday I put a sarky reply to someone on their FB page who was wondering what had happened suggesting they try here or What Pub. Comment and my reply rapidy removed and it seems I'm now banned from commenting on said FB page.
There is life, but not as we know it.
So Farcebook can slap you down for commenting on something as trivial as the demise of the Dark Side but can't stop ISIS terrorists or supporters posting all sorts of horrific stuff and Russians making fake posts about Donald Trump. They should be ashamed of themselves.
NickDavies
31-12-2017, 19:04
So Farcebook can slap you down for commenting on something as trivial as the demise of the Dark Side but can't stop ISIS terrorists or supporters posting all sorts of horrific stuff and Russians making fake posts about Donald Trump. They should be ashamed of themselves.
I doubd FB give a toss about Bite. It was the page's admin who chucked me off.
Aqualung
31-12-2017, 19:30
I doubd FB give a toss about Bite. It was the page's admin who chucked me off.
Shurely not the owner of BITE or someone connected with it???
NickDavies
31-12-2017, 19:37
Shurely not the owner of BITE or someone connected with it???
Well whoever the owner of https://www.facebook.com/beerintheevening/ is.
trainman
07-01-2018, 21:02
Not much point in you opening a 'mention of bite' thread Wil, in an area where mortal members don't have access to reply or add to the same...
I've long been of the opinion that ETU could well be a bite troll, flying under the radar here.
sheffield hatter
08-01-2018, 09:50
Not much point in you opening a 'mention of bite' thread Wil, in an area where mortal members don't have access to reply or add to the same...
Good point, Jim. But you could have just copied a link to that thread and put it here (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?27025-Mention-of-BITE&p=91057#post91057)!
Anyway, it looks like Dave has had a word and he has amended his review (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/54017/).
I've long been of the opinion that ETU could well be a bite troll, flying under the radar here.
You may well be right. If BITE becomes active again, maybe he'll disappear from PuG.:pray:
Aqualung
08-01-2018, 10:31
When I read his reviews a lesser known Led Zeppelin track comes into my head just before I start nodding off. It's on Led Zeppelin II and is titled Ramble On.
trainman
08-01-2018, 11:23
you could have just copied a link to that thread and put it here (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?27025-Mention-of-BITE&p=91057#post91057)!
Errm..? That's the thread I can't post on...
Anyway, it looks like Dave has had a word and he has amended his review (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/54017/).
Really? It still doesn't contain anything other than a sideways swipe at other reviews/reviewers...
Mobyduck
08-01-2018, 19:00
Anyway, it looks like Dave has had a word and he has amended his review (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/54017/).
I think he's done more than that, the "review" is not even there.
sheffield hatter
08-01-2018, 21:20
I think he's done more than that, the "review" is not even there.
There have been four new versions today, but yes, it has now gone.
sheffield hatter
08-01-2018, 23:20
More from ETU: see my new thread here (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?27033-Jolly-Frog-Leintwardine&p=91079#post91079).
Blackthorn
09-01-2018, 09:28
More from ETU: see my new thread here (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?27033-Jolly-Frog-Leintwardine&p=91079#post91079).
Agreed, that is absolutely not a review. Nothing to suggest he’s ever even been there.
Agreed, that is absolutely not a review. Nothing to suggest he’s ever even been there.
The "mention of Bite" and the "Jolly Frog" threads appear to be closed to me. :confused: :confused:
I found ETU's comment on the Jolly Frog amusing, but as Sheff Hatter says, it should be on the forum and not on a review.
Aqualung
09-01-2018, 17:25
This all seems to have come to a head :-
http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?27036 (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?27036))
It's a shame really as I'm sure he was capable of reasonable reviews and probably did some prior to the daft social commentary followed by the sniping carried out by constantly editing reviews.
Going back to the original topic, the latest message saying that logins on BITE would soon be allowed is hardly different to the one exactly two months earlier.
NickDavies
09-01-2018, 18:39
This all seems to have come to a head :-
http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?27036 (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showthread.php?27036))
Going back to the original topic, the latest message saying that logins on BITE would soon be allowed is hardly different to the one exactly two months earlier.
Maybe I rattled his cage a bit when I trolled his FailSpook page a couple of days before.
NickDavies
11-01-2018, 20:28
Wonder of wonders....
Latest comments about my pubs
Comments in the last month:
[none]
Go to my pubs
Aqualung
11-01-2018, 22:25
Wonder of wonders....
Latest comments about my pubs
Comments in the last month:
[none]
Go to my pubs
Same for me, I hadn't kept My Pubs up to date so now it is blank I see no reason to ever use the site again. I'm now certain it's damaged beyond reprieve and will only take a look at it to laugh at it's death throes.
Mobyduck
04-02-2018, 18:53
Seems to be up and running again, for what it's worth.
NickDavies
27-02-2018, 12:35
Deja vu
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_profile.shtml?username=Alan_Caffrens
Deja vu
http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_profile.shtml?username=Alan_Caffrens
Reads like a Janet & John book. Or is that over generous?
chramies
20-03-2018, 07:52
That looks like Arsenalfan36 / 11Pints / whatever is up to his old tricks under a new name.
NickDavies
25-04-2018, 10:35
That looks like Arsenalfan36 / 11Pints / whatever is up to his old tricks under a new name.
Or old name, new venue...
http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/two-cheers-for-revitalisation.html#comment-form
"ARSENAL FAN 3623 April 2018 at 19:31
When we go to my aunts we sometimes have spagetty and she puts wine in it what do you put lager in"
Or old name, new venue...
http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/two-cheers-for-revitalisation.html#comment-form
"ARSENAL FAN 3623 April 2018 at 19:31
When we go to my aunts we sometimes have spagetty and she puts wine in it what do you put lager in"
I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt until he became Alan Caffrens - which is an anagram of Arsenal FC Fan.
NickDavies
25-04-2018, 19:32
I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt until he became Alan Caffrens - which is an anagram of Arsenal FC Fan.
I see what you mean. Some fine reviews here.
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/3877/
Wittenden
29-05-2018, 13:09
Ethelred surfaces on the Dark side?http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_profile.shtml?username=Hulots_hat
sheffield hatter
29-05-2018, 17:38
Ethelred surfaces on the Dark side?http://www.beerintheevening.com/user_profile.shtml?username=Hulots_hat
Yes, it's him all right. He's even recycled his review of Whitelocks in Leeds (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/30/3053/Whitelocks/Leeds). They're welcome to him.
Mobyduck
29-05-2018, 18:29
Yes, it's him all right. He's even recycled his review of Whitelocks in Leeds (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/30/3053/Whitelocks/Leeds). They're welcome to him.
He's found his perfect place in life.
NickDavies
29-05-2018, 20:21
I wonder what became of Biker and co
Mobyduck
31-05-2019, 08:28
Well it still hasn't bitten the dust but some things never change.
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/33/3312/Bier_Keller/Manchester
NickDavies
31-05-2019, 09:45
Well it still hasn't bitten the dust but some things never change.
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/33/3312/Bier_Keller/Manchester
Basically a zombie site now. I had a nose the other week and there were days without a single review posted. That said, someone must still be paying for hosting and wotnot.
Brainypool
31-05-2019, 17:36
If you have an account there I wouldn't recommend signing in as the website is now unprotected. I signed in yesterday and immediately got a spam/hacker bot email quoting my password and asking me for money. Not good!
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