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Absolutely. One of our favourite retirement activities is afternoons nosing out rural pubs. Too often these days the insides are hostile to those who just want a drink (all tables laid, "are you...

Pub gardens in England could reopen from 22 June – reports

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/08/pub-gardens-in-england-could-reopen-from-22-june-reports

The Briton's Protection

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/29/manchesters-pubs-pine-for-the-end-of-lockdown

Just seen I got a letter in Beer, surprised they printed it as it was more a correction than intended for publication

Letters have appeared..

...by drinking the stock..

"I am currently isolating with my two mates - last night we drank 24 bottles of Magners and 24 cans of Carlsberg lager.

"This is what we are doing virtually five days...

This pub's doing it right

"A BELFAST pub is pulling out all the stops - and the pints - to keep spirits up for those living in lockdown with a door-to-door Guinness delivery service."
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He isn't editor of WB. Tim Hampson is.

There's a thing called the Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme - I would imagine they would have an Authorised Company Representative: read brewer as wholesaler too.

Yes of course they are...

There are many who think "keeping" a pub is some sort of hobby. In a way it was in times of old when it was the sort of thing retired army and police officers, having a pension to fall back on. ...

Just got my copy of Wots Bruin. About 90% of the content is now meaningless. It probably went to print a week or so ago but I do wonder why they bothered mailing it out.

That was a ban on alcohol, not pubs.

Well I wish I was a lawyer. I'm sure someone will indulge in juicy but ultimately doomed litigation, doubtless all the way to the Supreme Court. Plenty of money to be made.

If you do keep your...

UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson tells cafes, pubs and restaurants to close tonight
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Must admit I've always found the invisibility of closed pubs, temporary or not, an irritant, if not a life-threatening one.

Would a "show closed pubs" button be possible, so those who don't want...

It would be helpful if the weather warmed up a bit. They could then at least allow outdoor drinking though that rather screws inner-city pubs. But I suspect London will be shut down by the weekend...

If you fancy draught

https://shop.harveys.org.uk/products/sussex_best_bitter?variant=17569025851465

A fiver a litre so no bargain

In rural Ireland (and increasingly here) pubs often double as the village shop. You do wonder if those popping in for a pint of milk and a loaf may well stop for a "chat" with the guvnor. And...

If/when they do shut the pubs we'll see who's still contributing reviews three weeks in.

Ireland is closing all its pubs from today. It will happen here soon.

If your hands are clean there's no problem touching your face. If you've been handling something potentially infected, like the pint glass the barman just gave you, it's best not to .

A question. What would you do if you were Tim Martin? A big chunk of your core clientele is ++old +++hypertensive* +diabetic ++overweight +++god know what else. Their risk of dying from the illness...

You have now reminded me of the "Do you know Vic Burns?" joke, which I haven't heard since the 70s.

I wondered what the dog biscuits are doing there too.

What I don't quite understand is that those returning from China or Italy must have used planes and trains and often the tube and been in close contact with hundreds on their journeys, yet the number...