Wetherspoon's news of the day

[rpadam]

Looks like there is a duopoly in the Irish keg stout market ,and unless 'spoons can unearth an alternative supply (my suggestion would be Titanic Stout ) Tim is probably going to have to back off.

Controversial, if you don't like Shepherd Neame, but I might ship its Double Stout to show those who have forgotten how it's done how it should be done (although this is, of course, a rubbish idea since us Kentish folk would then loose our supplies...).

[oldboots]

This might improve the place:

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/C...er+All+News%29

[rpadam]

This might improve the place:

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/C...er+All+News%29

Quite!

[Mobyduck]

This might improve the place:

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/C...er+All+News%29

It must be currently in a bad way then.

[Aqualung]

This might improve the place:

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/C...er+All+News%29

Tim Martin of Fleurets? Wot dat all about??
I haven't been to Liverpool for years and the only Head of Steam I knew was the Euston one that is now Fullers.

[london calling]

Tim Martin of Fleurets? Wot dat all about??
I haven't been to Liverpool for years and the only Head of Steam I knew was the Euston one that is now Fullers.

There are others called Tim Martin but usually less gobby.

[oldboots]

I haven't been to Liverpool for years and the only Head of Steam I knew was the Euston one that is now Fullers.

There was quite a chain of them at one time, Newcastle was a particularly good one. The one at Lime St was very good at one time but spiralled down and down becoming a real dump in the end hence it should be better as a 'spoons.

A new HOS under Camerons has just opened in Leeds close to the station and the newly throbbing beer destination of the Boar Lane area.

[Pubsignman]

Couple of things caught my eye in the latest Wetherspoons News magazine.

1) You can now order any hand pulled ale as the drink to accompany your meal in any of their 'Meal and drink' offers. (I know quite a few pubs were pretty easy going on this front, but many previously insisted you had to have something dross like Ruddles)

2) They are considering 'behind the scenes' tours of their more interesting pubs - the The Opera House (JD Wetherspoon) in Tunbridge Wells has already held one and the The Coronet (JD Wetherspoon) in Holloway is set to be the next - I already love the way that pubs give you access to interesting buildings like these, so this is a nice extension of that principle.

[Aqualung]

You can now order any hand pulled ale as the drink to accompany your meal in any of their 'Meal and drink' offers. (I know quite a few pubs were pretty easy going on this front, but many previously insisted you had to have something dross like Ruddles)

It also includes the newish keg Devil's Backbone IPA which I had with a Flaming Dragon curry last Thursday. It went down a treat!

[hondo]

"serves two British stout brands - Revisionist and Bath Ales Dark Side, both for €2.50 a pint"
http://www.independent.ie/business/t...-30848059.html