They are allowed to do off sales now .The two West London micros are both doing cask off sales . (see How Much thread for my rant)
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There was a guy on the news a couple of days ago who has bars in Manchester where has has furloughed 600 workers.He said if he has to open with social distancing he will not be opening as he will lose even more money than he will by staying shut.
I've been buying beer to take out from the Gardeners Rest. So far it's been barrels that they had bought in before lockdown, which they've sold at £2 a pint. This week they are buying in more beer from local breweries Blue Bee and Sheffield Brewery, which they'll be selling at £2.50. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday each week.
If anyone's vaguely near, The Stag is doing off-sales though if you want to buy 'wet' you'll need to bring a container.
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Beautiful warm afternoon and night in London so I walked to Barnes.Had a couple of pints of cask beer from Wild beer and Thornbridge outside the Watermans arms.Queued for about 15mins ,went to the bar ordered and card payment.Went over the road and stood with the other 100 plus drinkers against the wall overlooking the Thames.Only £2.50 a pint for cask.Lovely and you could re-enter the pub too use the toilets.
Managed to do something similar - a couple of pints of cask Rebellion IPA from the 'takeaway window' at this country pub a few miles from me - this Sunday afternoon; enjoyed in the pub's car park(!) then on a green bit opposite during some nice sunny weather. Things almost felt normal for an hour or so... :cheers:
Sounds great - this is the same crowd behind your Express Tavern. I could have got a pint in a plastic cup from St. John's Wood's New Inn yesterday for consumption in Regent's Park, but didn't know what they were serving so didn't feel like a 15-minute queue for fizz.
Although the beer was fine I have a feeling that neither of those breweries have been brewing cask beer recently so it must be old stock.They also had Harveys Sussex on cask.
Went in the Express mid week and asked the guy if the cask beer was old stock he didn't actually answer but said I could have tasters.Tried a brown ale from By the Horns but it was manky so stuck to keg .
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I think publicans are getting worried as Boris hasn't mentioned any news about the 4 th july openings.Getting close now.
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With my conspiracy theorist hat on, it's all a diabolical plan by Neo-prohibitionists to destroy pubs and breweries. isn't Dominic a tea totaller? I know most of the senior hierarchy at the NHS are neo-pro's.
This bloke seems to keep contradicting himself.
It won't be Bozzer who stops them from opening, it'll be the police and I suspect with quite some force if necessary. Judging from the review of The Fuzzy Duck, it doesn't seem worth visiting anyway.
Quite true, but the problem is that if 4th July is the official opening day (why does it have to be shared with Independence Day?) and there's a serious spike or second wave in Plague - perhaps a week from now - reopening won't be adhered to: it'll be lockdown all over again, IMHO.
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It won't be Bozzer who stops them from opening, it'll be the police and I suspect with quite some force if necessary. Judging from the review of The Fuzzy Duck, it doesn't seem worth visiting anyway.
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Personally I don't think pubs should open on the 4th simply because it's a Saturday.
I'd allow them to open on Monday 6th and let the new measures settle in for a few quieter days, rather than go for the potential mobbing on a Saturday.
If pubs cock it up then we could be back to square 1 in a few weeks.
You could well be right. I walked past Neighbour which is selling takeaway plastic cups of fizz and although the front patio was cordoned off, quite a few people were congregating on the pavement and taking over what is technically the patio from the closed venture next door, including the seating. Perhaps the date has been chosen to please US residents here, but I think people will be queuing for a beer as if the pub were a supermarket - will there be rationing?:mad:
Just announced on Radio 4 News: 'people may have to give their details to pubs so that they can be traced'!!!
And now: http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/corona...ouR?ocid=ientp
It's based on a thing they do in New Zealand
I suspect this is a bit of media speculation and nothing will come of it.
Payment card data should be enough for the contact tracers to go on if a venue is found to be a source of infection.
Back to cash it is then!
Not that the risk bothers me now, but I wonder for those still concerned which is the lesser risk:
1) a small micropub with eight people in, but where you are quite close to others;
2) a large Wetherspoons with fifty people in, but where you can get a good distance from others.
Anecdotes from food processing plants and restaurants suggest good air flow from outside is good mitigation. Air conditioning may help or hinder the situation depending on how it is configured...
...and now it seem that pubs will be obliged to take our contact details - what will they want? A recent utility bill? A passport? And now the BMA wants stupid facemasks to be made compulsory - yes, a pub which is the place to talk and drink, whilst wearing a mask.
I'm increasingly of the opinion that I won't be back in the pub until these measures are abandoned, but who knows when that will be...
I don't see how pubs like Wetherspoons and other large chains can enforce this they cant keep the under 18s out as it is. only way would be for everyone to show a driving licence or other ID for proof of address and pay by card using the spoons app :eek: I cant show them Me over 60s bus pass I because that has not got proof of address nor has me retired SC card.
Sounds like it's the bigger chains leading the way from social media feeds. Perhaps micros aren't sure of stock availability or how strict police will be.
I don't understand how this can work in any event: so the pub has my details, but it doesn't have my contacts and it won't know if I become ill unless I actually phone the pub and tell it. Then it will be tasked with going through the visitors' book, calling each one one by one to let them know that they were in a pub with an infected person. And what about time? Do we have to log our departure time? And suppose I visit my regular local. Do I have to give my details every time I visit or just register the once, so that the barmaid won't be saying "Evening Tris. Pint o' the usual? And is your address the same as yesterday?".
Dear God; I despair. Why not use a snorkel and funnel, then pour beer into it, along with crunched up crisps?
I think there should be recommendations issued on this. I've long not enjoyed indoor arena gigs due to the poor air quality, and had many a battle with HR minions over this sort of thing!
Just to add to anecdotes. The Anchor in Digbeth is reopening but not on the 4th. Pubs in Yarm however seem to be going for it on day one (I can see huge crowds queueing there if the weather is good)
Have they explained anywhere what data needs to be captured from a customer.
Will name and phone number be sufficient.
Im planning to write some software for the Oracle Simphony point of sale system to help businesses capture this data easily.
They can just enter it on the cash register and it will save it for 21 days and can be exported if necessary.