Someone called catbert on the other site has posted that as of this week the Harp is a Fuller's pub.
Does anyone know if this is real or a hoax? There is nothing on their twitter feed.
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Someone called catbert on the other site has posted that as of this week the Harp is a Fuller's pub.
Does anyone know if this is real or a hoax? There is nothing on their twitter feed.
I would think a Hoax, although I have heard Binnie is not in the best of health at the moment, I seriously hope its a hoax.Originally Posted by Aqualung
Last edited by Mobyduck; 16-07-2014 at 18:50.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
I have read reports today that Binnie has retired and that Fullers have paid circa £7 million. London Pride yummy.
That's one less on my Central London list and it's already in single figures. I might as well make the whole area a no-go zone!
She should have a comfortable retirement if that figure is correct.
It seems to me a bit,no quite sad that you only have less than 9 pubs that you like to go in in the middle of London,so the rest are no go pubs,not sure what the problem is with the probably thousand os so other proper pubs,that was a guess by the way.
I would be very happy drinking in most central London pubs,but i have already done most of them apart from the new expensive craft bars which i have no intention of doing,unless really needing to to a new pub with no others nearby.
At that rate there may only be around 60 pubs to visit in the whole country that you really like,i am glad i like going in almost any pub, because it must be very hard work finding a pub that suits you.
My main gripe against Central London pubs is the prices and if you hit them at the wrong time the fact that they are so busy. The second and last time I went to the Harp last September it was around 10:30 and I was the only customer. I had a pint of Dark Star American Pale Ale that was £3.45 which is 25p less than I recently paid in the Brewery Tap for the same drink and it was served in far better condition. If the Harp sells anything less than four quid a pint once Fullers have settled in then I will be very surprised.
You and me have completely different priorities, mine is to visit a pub selling beer that I actually enjoy and that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. If it's a beer I don't recall trying before or haven't tried in years then that is a plus. I had more than enough rubbish keg beer or undrinkable cask when I used to play darts. That priority makes Central London generally not worth bothering with. I found nearly all the Central London Spoons very disappointing compared to the better ones in the suburbs, even those in the GBG.
If I travel around London out of my area I try and find an interesting looking pub that I haven't been to and combine it with a Spoons that I like, for example the new micropub in Petts Wood.
I'm going to Derby soon and the problem there is which pubs to include and which to leave out. The difference in beer prices compared to Central London more than covers the cost of the travel, plus I will certainly be trying loads of new beers. Two pubs I will definitely be including are the Alexandra and Brunswick near the Station which I have been to before and really liked. Everything else will be new.
Summing up, why should I bother with Central London when there are plenty of places in the suburbs I'd like to go that are quieter and cheaper. I have a freedom pass so I can get anywhere in Greater London for nothing and that includes buses, tubes, Overground and DLR before 09:30.
Reported in the Evening Standard
http://www.standard.co.uk/business/c...p-9609445.html
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