The pubs

[Milzy]

Neck Oil is overpriced for what it is, a cricket club near me has it for £6.50 a pint. At one time there might have been the production costs of a small independent brewers excuse, but now that they're owned by Heineken it might just be big corporate greed.

Yes another sell out. Sure they was Beaverton in Wales in the beginning.
I remember the first Doombar before it turned to horse pee. Also Bluemoon was nice before they sold out. Sure there’s many others.

 

[stephec]

Yes another sell out. Sure they was Beaverton in Wales in the beginning.
I remember the first Doombar before it turned to horse pee. Also Bluemoon was nice before they sold out. Sure there’s many others.

They're in London aren't they, are you thinking of Tiny Rebel?

 

[Milzy]

They're in London aren't they, are you thinking of Tiny Rebel?

Yeah Tinyrebel is the Welsh one & much better than Beaverton products.

 

[T4tomo]

Neck Oil is overpriced for what it is, a cricket club near me has it for £6.50 a pint. At one time there might have been the production costs of a small independent brewers excuse, but now that they're owned by Heineken it might just be big corporate greed.

I always find Neck Oil a bit fizzy, but then so is Heineken.

 

[figbat]

Our local closed suddenly last September. Up until then it offered one hand pulled beer and a couple of fizzy lagers. The ale was a lottery as to whether it was OK to drink or not.

The pub was bought by a local syndicate and reopened with 3-4 hand pulled ales (one house ale, one usually fixed and the others rotating) and 12 gas-pumped taps with a rotation of IPAs, lagers, ciders and stouts. Hand-pulled is around £5.90 a pint, the gas taps can be up to £9 a pint! 😳

That’s said, the pub is now buzzing with life whereas before it was empty and lifeless.

 

[wiggydiggy]

BrewDog beers axed by 2000 pubs across the UK

 

[T4tomo]

BrewDog beers axed by 2000 pubs across the UK



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I actively avoid Brewdog. That James Watt sounds like a right piece.

 

[figbat]

I actively avoid Brewdog. That James Watt sounds like a right piece.

Me too. I used to drink their beers and enjoy them but I gave up on them a while back after the various reports of how they treat staff and investors. One thing they did do though is kick start the ‘craft’ IPA revolution.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Me too. I used to drink their beers and enjoy them but I gave up on them a while back after the various reports of how they treat staff and investors. One thing they did do though is kick start the ‘craft’ IPA revolution.

They just rode the wave, there were plenty of decent IPAs coming out but with some clever marketing they became the cool brand, shame the original owners were complete pricks which came out much later.