Tandleman's Beer Blog: Service with a Smile

Monday, 4 July 2011

Service with a Smile

On Saturday, witnessed by my good lady, so it must be true, I had some of the best service I've ever had in a pub. And that it was done so effortlessly and naturally, made it so much the better. It wasn't corporate, forced, or scripted. Just properly done.

Where is this gem? Well I can't tell you yet, as I encountered it when I was judging pubs for the Greater Manchester Pub of the Year and I don't want to prejudice anything. The closing date for judging and scoring is up soon, so I'll tell you then.

I'm still pretty chuffed about it, which shows how bloody rare it is.

5 comments:

Neville Grundy said...: You build up our interest and then keep us hanging in the air?

You are a tease, TM!; 4 July 2011 at 15:47
Cooking Lager said...: Service with a smile? That's not a "Great British Pub". We demand misery and begrudgement!; 5 July 2011 at 12:58
Neville Grundy said...: CL: I do know that is the stereotype of British pubs, but I don't understand why I don't come across it very often.; 5 July 2011 at 14:19
Leigh said...: I will wait with baited breath...but kudos for highlighting it. So easy to do, so not often done, and as important as the beer in the glass. In fact, maybe more.; 7 July 2011 at 18:29
Neville Grundy said...: Re: trade4target's comment, or rather spam.

It's funny how these advertisers try to make their comments look personal, but never ever succeed!; 20 July 2011 at 15:14

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A bit of a CV. Tandleman is a veteran beer lover, local CAMRA Chairman and activist, beer writer, beer reviewer and pursuer of all things good in beer. He lives in the North West of England and London. Despite his CAMRA membership, he does not limit himself to cask conditioned beer, though he believes that cask conditioning, when done correctly and appropriately, brings a quality to beer that is hard to equal by any other kind of presentation. He is a strong supporter of Northern methods of beer dispense and avidly detests poorly presented beer and dislikes pasteurisation. He regularly visits Germany, has conducted corporate British and German beer tastings for CAMRA at the Great British Beer Festival where he has worked for years on Biere Sans Frontieres and was Deputy Organiser at CAMRA's very successful National Winter Ales Festival in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and at the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival from 2013 to date. He admires good brewers wherever they are and has travelled extensively in pursuit of good beer to drink. He also judges beer at both the International Beer Challenge and the World Beer Awards.

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Monday, 4 July 2011

Service with a Smile

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