Let me give you a scenario “A man goes into a bar, has more than a few drinks, come 11pm, the same man allegedly starts a brawl where he lashed out and headbutted a fellow drinker, then started attacking several other patrons. The bar in question is unlicensed and serves alcohol at subsidised prices. The [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Pubpaper 644 – CAMRA needs a backbone and more misguided Alcohol policies
Posted: 11th February 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: beer duty, CAMRA, craft beer, government policy, real ale, SIBA
The attack dogs have been put on a leash temporarily in the dog fight that was the craft / keg / cask / real ale war. The troops are playing football in no mans land and managing not to put in two footed tackles. This means we can get down to the important element in [...]
Pubpaper 643 – Silly Rules and Personal Opinions
Posted: 4th February 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: Brewdog, hardknott, ship inn, SIBA
I wrote last week regarding craft beer, and who qualifies as making such beers as being an impossible task. It is easy enough to say which brewery (in our own opinion) makes really good beer most of the time, as there will almost always be a beer from a brewer that you don’t rate or [...]