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It's a pub. I've been there. It's won local, regional and national prizes... as a pub.

Come off it - it's a pub, and a very good one too!

I don't often get to try unvisited Central London pubs nowadays, but I did last night, only to find three of my potential targets closed for corporate bookings. :mad:

Many thanks!

Can anybody ready this feature behind The Times paywall, and does it say anything interesting?


The beer baron recluse and the trouble brewing for Sam Smith pubs

I expect it's available here: Oxford Drinker?

I take this as good news.

Pubs that have difficulty selling real ale from 72-pint firkins while the beer is fresh either end up selling dodgy beer or stop selling cask altogether.

Getting real...

Thirded (if there's such a thing).

I assume that's a rhetorical question...

It can get very samey, as can "Youngs, Fullers and GK". Variety is the spice of life.

Too much Citra - so many other hops to explore!

When I counted the other day, there were 109 live advertisements for management couples on Gumtree.

Given that Sam Smith's website claims "about 200" pubs, this suggests over 50% are currently...

Past Forward: A Century of Sound: Get Out of My Pub.

A free pint is a free pint, if you can get one!

Not in those parts - it's Worthies all the way!

Out doing a few Winfields in the Brummagem 'burbs this evening, where one might expect at least one sighting of Banks's Original, but nothing. 0 out of 5. Zilch mild anywhere.

I've just done a quick search for the word 'mild' in my 2021 pub reviews (whether imbibed or just noted it as being available) and came up with 3.8% in total.

However, nearly ¾ of those instances...

Really, not my experience at all - perhaps 5% of pubs have any form of mild (cask, keg, bottled or canned) in recent years, although maybe still closer to 10% in the West Midlands?

Err, please explain?

The last supermarket I visited had no crisps, of any description, from any manufacturer...

Dorset Echo: Lyme Regis ‘yard of ale’ contest cancelled over binge drinking fears.

Or even Jeremy Corbie, if you're a Scots dialect speaker.

Daily Mail: Builders refurbishing city centre bar discover forgotten cellar belonging to 250-year-old pub that closed down in 1990s.

Another catch - the 5% reduced VAT rate wasn't applied to alcohol sales yet again.

The catch is that the pub sector was hoping for a reduction for duty for on-sales to help customers back from cheaper supermarket booze.