Yes that is a one off as my local Spoons did the same. I've never managed to work out why some Spoons do this and others persevere with them at the full price.
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After a period with only the odd pub opening here and there they seem to be returning to the South.
There is a new City of London Spoons The Sir John Hawkshaw at Cannon Street Station opening in February. This is in addition to a new one at Brentwood that opened last week and in the next four months ones at Alton, Crowborough, Hoddesdon and Hitchin.
" Wetherspoon has decided to stop serving "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...er-supply.html
Indeed. Not a good move on Heineken's part as it stops Murphys and Beamish being sold too, and one or two Irish people happen to drink stout.
But what now for the stout drinkers with no Guinness either ???
Of note is that McSpoons stopped stocking Guinness in the UK many years back, it didn't last long though IIRC.
You underestimate Mullet Man's tenaciousness...he'll be out to break the duopoly like Thatcher did with the NUM.
As you say, what price JDW sub-contracting a kegged stout order from a brewery like Marstons? Probable. You'd have to be a sniffer dog to tell the difference between most mass-market kegged stouts so an own-brand that retails for 2/3 to 1/2 of the price of the others (and JDW will underwrite a loss on it) will, if brewed to a closely defined standard, mean a lot of punters with lower incomes voting with their wallets, marketing be damned.