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Andy Ven
07-05-2011, 21:18
I thought if I can't support my local pub by being there as much as I would like I could pop in and get my favourite cask ale in a takeaway container.

I found a website called baractivity (http://www.baractivity.com/) that sells 2-pint beer cartons but they are aimed at publicans - £39.90 for 100 cartons.

What suitable alternatives would you suggest?

Oggwyn Trench
07-05-2011, 22:29
A few pubs round here do 2 or 4 pint reusable plastic demi-jon type containers for around £2 a pop , failing that i find an old lemonade bottle works fine;)

gillhalfpint
08-05-2011, 07:42
Back when we first started and Ray drove to pubs so needed his beer for later, we used pint milk bottles. Got funny looks off publicans getting a plastic pint milk bottle to fill up, but it worked well.

trainman
08-05-2011, 10:22
I thought if I can't support my local pub by being there as much as I would like I could pop in and get my favourite cask ale in a takeaway container.
I don't quite get it Andy. If you are paying the bar price, why not drink it there?


A few pubs round here do 2 or 4 pint reusable plastic demi-jon type containers for around £2 a pop
We had the 4-pint 'demi-john' style containers when I worked & lived at The Nelson (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/26093/) (circa 1979), with a screw top and that push-down valve seal which never really worked.


we used pint milk bottles.
The Evening Star (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/10425/) does take-outs in 2&4 pint plastic 'milk' containers. I hope to be there at opening time next Sat, before it gets as rammed as was the case on Strongers' visit.

Andy Ven
09-05-2011, 22:09
[QUOTE=trainman;32018]I don't quite get it Andy. If you are paying the bar price, why not drink it there?QUOTE]

Time limitations and the need to be at home. You're right though, the cost is prohibitive compared to bottled beers.

aleandhearty
11-05-2011, 11:47
I don't quite get it Andy. If you are paying the bar price, why not drink it there?

Sometimes, when I've been invited round to a beer loving friends house for a meal, I've turned up with four pints of carry out instead of wine. Works really well.

ROBCamra
11-05-2011, 11:54
Sometimes, when I've been invited round to a beer loving friends house for a meal, I've turned up with four pints of carry out instead of wine. Works really well.

What do you drink after the first hour? :confused::confused:

aleandhearty
11-05-2011, 12:02
What do you drink after the first hour? :confused::confused:

:D Then we move onto red wine. Unfortunately, I tend to drink it far to quickly unless I've had a couple of beers first. Not recommended with 14% bruisers.