A couple of months ago I wrote about the need, both legally and from a beer point of view of a good landlord. However it is the bar staff that are the face of the pub to most customers. From bartenders to duty managers, bad bar staff can result in poor quality beer being delivered [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lewins’
Pubpaper 669 – Bar staff, the critical link in the customer service chain
Posted: 3rd August 2012 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, WritingTags: big 6, Halifax, lewins, sowerby bridge, the works
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Pubpaper 653 – Septimus Prime and appealing to lager drinkers
Posted: 17th April 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: ale, blonde, bridgehouse, daleside, hybrid beers, ilkley, lager, Leeds Brewery, lewins, pale, saltai
Blonde and Pale (not to be confused with IPA) beers started to make a significant entrance into the real ale market about 5 years ago, with some of the most notable entries from the Yorkshire area being Leeds Pale Ale and Saltaire Blonde, later entries from the area also including beers such as Daleside Blonde [...]
Pubpaper 647 – One Pint vs 36 Pints – The Pub Commitment
Posted: 4th March 2012 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: beer rotation, Halifax, lewins, real ale
I enjoy my real ale and craft beers, so far this year I have tried approximately 40 different brews, of those stouts and porters make up over a quarter. The split between bottled and draught beer is roughly half. Sampling 12 different beers this past weekend helped add to this total. There is a definite [...]
Review of the Year – The Pub Scene in Calderdale
Posted: 22nd December 2011 by admin in WritingTags: ale, brighouse, calderdale, dirty dicks, hebden bridge, hipperholme, lewins, pubs, ring o bells, sowerby bridge
Looking back over 2011, its been a good year in the real and craft ale scene at all levels, local, regional and national. Nationally the craft and real ale scene has bucked the general downturn in beer sales over the last couple of years and new breweries are still being created and existing ones expanding [...]
Pubpaper 630 – Local news and a lot of cracking beers.
Posted: 3rd November 2011 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: bank top, Bridestones, cock and bottle, Hilden, keg ale, lewins, Little Valley, real ale, Salamander
There are weeks where you barely get near a pint glass, never mind sample a decent ale, and there are others where you seem to spend most of your spare time in the pub. In an eight day stretch, I counted 4 visits to the Old Ship Inn, 3 visits to the Richard Oastler, 2 [...]