Are CAMRA now embracing the VIZ heroes?
First one I found...
RATs march onward..!!!RATs.jpg
Are CAMRA now embracing the VIZ heroes?
First one I found...
RATs march onward..!!!RATs.jpg
Last edited by trainman; 14-02-2019 at 17:46.
Sounds like all typical pubs pre-1900, though I've seen some period pub photos from around this time which show Tennent's lager advertised, and one from 1890 advertising Löwenbräu!
LOL! 'Casketeers'... 'Cascophiles'... 'Owld Scoutmaster's Downright Peculiar'. I haven't seen a copy of Viz for over 25 years.
There is a new micropub or maybe not a micropub opening New Cross tomorrow.The Ale Bar.
They have disqualified themselves by calling it a microbar.
says Real ale and Gin Microbar and performance space. Is this a new category?
They also have a scenic model railway that runs around the bar.Hopefully at high level.
Is the model railway an electronic device? Not really, some micropubs have turntables for playing vinyl records. As far as I'm concerned it all depends on what else they do. The performance space bit would likely exclude it but as they don't claim to be a micropub it doesn't really matter.
At the end of the London Micropubs feature in the Yet Another List thread are some described as "Not Micropubs but definitely Microbars"!
Hell's teeth - where will it all end?
On leaving the bar, I felt a strong blow to the back of my head. Turning round, I discovered it was the pavement
Unless there are hard and fast rules set down by a governing body such as the way CAMRA defined Real Ale, though that definition seems to be getting fuzzier as time goes on,there will be no clear cut idea of what is or not a micropub as its down to personal thoughts. I agree with much of Aqualungs rules, but have no problem with keg alongside cask and in this case I think size does matter to a point.
For what its worth I consider the two Overdrafts from the first post on this thread to be Craft Bars as opposed to micropubs, I don't suppose it really matters what a pubs handle is as long as you enjoy it (or not).
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
From the Micropub Association website:
What is a micropub?
‘A Micropub is a small freehouse which listens to its customers, mainly serves cask ales, promotes conversation, shuns all forms of electronic entertainment and dabbles in traditional pub snacks’.
By saying mainly cask ales, it suggests a micropub can serve whatever else it likes drinkwise, It also "shuns all forms of electronic entertainment" yet on their website names Overdraft Southampton on their list of Micropubs despite the dual turntables. The above is a simple and fair rule but is not always adhered to it seems.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields