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Curmudgeon - Beer & Pubs Archive - 2015
INDEX
- January
- Give Me Strength - a “cask-strength” bottled beer is not at all the same as a “cask-strength” whisky
- No Pub for Old Men - if pubs want to live up to the claim of being community hubs they need to be more welcoming to older male customers
- February
- The Cow Jumped Over the Moon - pub design gimmicks never stand the test of time
- A Cold House - warm colours in pubs convey a warm welcome; the opposite is also true
- March
- Goodbye to the 19th Hole - nobody should delude themselves that cutting the drink-drive limit wouldn’t lead to wholesale pub closures
- Variety Isn’t Everything - drinkers may prefer continuity over constant change
- April
- Not Fit to be Out - breath-testing clubbers could easily set a precedent for ordinary pubgoers
- Don’t Drink and Walk - some countries are even considering alcohol limits for pedestrians
- May
- Lilacs out of the Dead Land - beer duty cuts have driven a striking recovery in the pub trade, but it’s by no means universal
- Bring Back Plates! - pubs are serving food on anything but plates, no matter how ludicrous
- June
- A Little of What You Fancy - moderate alcohol consumption really is better for your health than total abstention
- July
- The Best-Laid Plans - it seems wrong that established pubs can be converted into shops without planning permission
- Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom - in the long term, the viability of the pub trade will be ensured by encouraging new entrants into the market
- August
- Smell the Coffee - coffee shops aren’t direct competitors to pubs, even if they sell alcohol
- At the Sign of the Crossed Legs - micro-pubs should not mean micro-facilities
- September
- Bye Bye Binge Britain - despite media scaremongering, alcohol consumption in Britain is plummeting
- Old Soaks - older drinkers stay resolutely healthy even if the experts think they shouldn’t
- October
- Magical or Mundane? - Robinsons’ new mythical brew has a strong grounding in reality
- Scotched - the European courts have predictably dealt a severe blow to the SNP’s minimum pricing plans
- November
- Craft Wars - Craft vs Real Ale is a pointless antagonism that has been largely fanned by the crafties
- Walk Before You Run - brewers who want to experiment should master the basics first
- December
- Close Your Eyes and Drink Up - there does not have to be a trade-off between better beer and worse pub interiors
- Squeaky Bum Time is Back - the return of sticky vinyl seat coverings is a backward step for pubs
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