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What’s a “standalone consumer retail experience”? Do they mean a shop?

Probably more than that, as some of them have already closed, such as Revolución de Cuba in Bristol. Due to reopen as Coyote Ugly next month apparently, and I noticed when walking past yesterday that...

Landlord of The Ship receives letter from king after 50 years running the same pub.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-67378210

This affects my local, and the landlady has just received her price list from Punch, with the price of a barrel of Thatcher's doubling compared to what they pay Youngs. Sadly they've decided that...

Not exactly news, but BBC's The Food programme from Sunday (available as a podcast) is all about Brew Dog, including interviews with their founders and how they have influenced the craft beer...

Interesting clip on why so many millennials seem to avoid pubs, and the impact that may be having on the development of their social skills -
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I thought this sentence summed it up rather well - "Carlsberg’s painstakingly developed new beer is probably a drink that 41% of people like less than Carling".

Follow the link to the ONS page and you also get an interactive map of your area.

Top number of pubs per square mile around the UK. Outside of London, Portsmouth comes top with Bristol a respectable third.

https://www.libertygames.co.uk/content/britains-pub-capital/

Somerset country pub the Queen Victoria Inn turned in to gingerbread house for Christmas:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-42268659

Apparently the Black Swan is the best restaurant in the world. No reviews as yet unfortunately to see if anyone here agrees.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-41582994

Not exactly news, but we often do a Friday quiz at work and todays has got a Pubs Galore question on it.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/qqqfriday

Firstly of course, let me say that the figures for the last week are somewhat skewed due to the large number of Christmas do's that I've had to attend. I'm sure at any other time of the year I'd be...

An epic Bristol pub crawl and a good plug for PuG. Apologies if this has cropped up before, it was a few weeks ago.
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Where to find the best beer...

on.ft.com/297vSl3

Edited - Sorry, link doesn't seem to work unless you're an FT subscriber. Not sure how I managed to read it the first time, as I'm not.

Top 10 craft beer pubs in Oxford -

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/jan/19/top-10-craft-beer-pubs-oxford

Britain's best pub walks - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3341316/Britain-s-best-pub-walks-revealed-stunning-watering-holes-enjoy-scenery-pint.html

Bag o' Nails cat friendly pub. Perhaps we need a cat friendly option added to the pub details list as well as dog friendly? :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-34871580

Publican puts false bus stop outside his pub to boost trade.

http://www.courier.co.uk/Publican-pulls-punters-fake-bus-stop/story-26820910-detail/story.html