| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:No Wonder Pubs are on the decline. | |
| Posted by: | Sam Hearn | |
| Date/Time: | 09/04/26 19:30:00 |
| Whitbread Tankard was always filthy stuff - possible badly kept by the Landlords? As a student in the early 1970's this forced me into drinking bottled Stellar Artois direct from Belgium. Stellar was priced at a ridiculous £1 a bottle. I chose quality over quantity. It made the chips served in the Continental 'Club' taste much better. CAMRA burst into life at about this time (although I was never a member) but its impact was enormous. A CAMRA members card gets you a discount in some Chiswick Pubs. My taste buds were rescued by Old Hooky drunk during a tour of the Hook Norton Brewery in the mid 1970's. The flourishing of Micro Breweries has been a modern miracle but the trend to produce more and more IPA brands with ever weirder names is surely self-defeating? Agree about the dangers of the ever larger brewing companies but Brakspear's ESB appears to be even better after leaving its home brewery in Henley. But it is a terrible shame that Braine's no longer brews in Cardiff (surely a sign that the end of days is nigh). £8 a pint - I think I will stick to Merlot. |