Any Recommendations In Belfast?
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:10:56 +0100
I heard there's some gems in Belfast, but is the beer any good? ...
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Tap-room and September beer festivals
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:05:15 +0100
News on real ale, pubs, beer festivals and breweries - with a touch of
humour.
The latest on line edition of Tap-room is now available at
www.tap-room.com
Pub festivals / real ale beer tent for September
Details of 6 festivals on now or in the next few weeks
http://www.tap-room.com/page20.html
http ...
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Southport
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:08:52 +0100
Have to go to Southport next week. Is it a dead loss for real-ale as most
searches on the net seem to confirm or are there any hidden gems?
Cheers
Mark
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Re: GBBF 2008
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:49:37 +0200
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:51:43 +0200, The Submarine Captain
<laurent.mousson@bluewin.ch> wrote:
>Michael Jones a ¨¦crit :
>> How is providing privileged, first
>> class access to an event for people on a corporate jolly advancing the aims
>> of CAMRA?
>
>By using the opportunity to reach out to that kind of ...
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No Taste at Brewery Tap
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:23:55 +0100
As a regular beer drinker I don't normally ask for a taste of a beer before
I buy, but I know some people whose experience of beers and breweries is not
so broad as my own, and have been reassured by the chance to taste a beer
before shelling out the nearly ¡ê3 for a pint.
I was most surprised to find that the ...
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Re: GBBF 2008
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:37:29 -0700 (PDT)
Sorry I forgot....
>> Why should Bar Nouveau charge around a
>> pound more than they do in their own pubs down the road ?
See above....
Bar Nouveau is only a bar name... and whilst it is "sponsored" by
Wetherspoons, they do not buy the beer for it... we do so the pricing
strategy applies there too. ...
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Re: GBBF 2008
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:32:22 -0700 (PDT)
In article
<bbbe0a1d-0d21-4c5d-b082-16baadae1...@z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
alebuff <aleb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 5. SNIP.
> Current members get small benefit from it, with expensive entry fees
> and beer. This is a deliberate policy of the executive, who do the
> pricing.
In the past there have b ...
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Head of steam Liverpool Lime Street
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:40:14 +0100
Does anyone know if this pub is part of the Head of Steam chain?
Called in on Saturday at about 7pm , having been to the ffestival at the
Baltic Fleet, and the real ale selection was down to on - Black Sheep Bitter
with around 20 hand pumps out of use.
This is certainly different to what we're used to in th ...
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Re: GBBF 2008
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:43:22 +0100
In article <6hgme3FljpljU1@mid.individual.net>, PeterE
<peter@xyzringtail.fsnet.co.uk> writes
><M Platting> wrote in message
>>
>> It sends out the wrong message. It suggests that CAMRA is an
>> organisation at the end of its useful life. It's done a fantastic job
>> up to now, but the lure of commerce and maki ...
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Re: GBBF 2008
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:09:54 +0100
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:07:52 +0100, Christine
<chris.ramsbottom@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>No, the venues are far, far too small for current needs (in fact they don't
>exist any more!). That's why they don't earn so much income.
Ah so there we have it! The GBBF is all about making money.
>
>
>Wrong. We' ...
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