tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post2721407794378578350..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: How Much Is It Then (2)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-6269910204132084202012-05-08T12:37:30.165+01:002012-05-08T12:37:30.165+01:00This is the best beer blog bar none Tand. Better t...This is the best beer blog bar none Tand. Better than Pete Browns or even Mudgies odd rants.<br /><br />And I kind of agree. "The offer" does encapsulate much more than price, taking into account all manner of things.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-35659238845595102342012-05-08T11:23:32.032+01:002012-05-08T11:23:32.032+01:00Mudgie: It isn't what I was trying to understa...Mudgie: It isn't what I was trying to understand, but I suppose the answer would be "yes". <br /><br />Cookie: No I don't, but then again, apart from meetings, quizzes etc which are held in pubs, I haven't really done much weekday drinking in pubs. More than most maybe and if I visit less it is because I am old and knackered, not because I am deterred by price. When I worked, I couldn't as I took what I did very seriously and now that I don't work, I am all to aware of the slippery slope.<br /><br />What I am saying though is that it wouldn't seem that the middle class gentry that read my blog need be that deterred by price. It's what I keep saying; "it's the offer Stupid." Price is part of that.<br /><br />As for reaching only beer geeks - of course that is right - well the way I'm slipping down the league tables, despite the absolute excellence of what I write - would suggest I'm not even managing that. And most of them write about drinking at home anyway. I reckon most of my colleagues value beer much more than pubs.<br /><br />In other words, I am probably talking to even less than you'd imagine!Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-75816452538013388112012-05-08T10:37:04.977+01:002012-05-08T10:37:04.977+01:00An interesting question to ask is "do you use...An interesting question to ask is "do you use pubs less than you did ten years ago and if so why?"<br /><br />I suspect among most people in society the answer would be yes and price.<br /><br />The contributors to beer blogs are a self selecting group of beer enthusiasts that value beer and pubs far higher than most.<br /><br />But you would have to be an enthusiast to go out on a cold rainy Wednesday night to pay 3 quid plus for a drink. Most people sit in front of the tellyCooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-48651156752459359372012-05-08T09:30:57.071+01:002012-05-08T09:30:57.071+01:00Your conclusion suggests that you believe relative...Your conclusion suggests that you believe <i>relative price</i> may be exaggerated as a reason for declining beer sales in pubs.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-61549613235984606222012-05-08T09:18:01.728+01:002012-05-08T09:18:01.728+01:00RedNev. I thought carefully before concluding wha...RedNev. I thought carefully before concluding what I did. For most people, in most places, should you be inclined, a beer in a pub is affordable. Not for all I know, but unless you want a good session, you can still have the odd pint affordably. Well most of us can. <br /><br />But I will change my wording slightly to make that clearer.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-5735536089702545762012-05-08T07:55:48.782+01:002012-05-08T07:55:48.782+01:00I think its appropriate to pay more for a quality ...I think its appropriate to pay more for a quality product and to support local industry. If it were more acceptable for the smaller quality producers to charge more, then this would reinvested and there would ultimately be more high quality beer available (until the brewery can achieve economy of scale).<br /><br />This goes for craft (proper real) keg as well.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046658845900396509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-37638722607082318592012-05-07T16:33:05.443+01:002012-05-07T16:33:05.443+01:00There is cheaper beer available if you care to sho...There is cheaper beer available if you care to shop around, but that is reducing beer to a commodity like soap powder that you can buy anywhere. There's little point in me drinking a good, cheap pint in our local Wetherspoons if my friends are in another pub that has standard prices for the area - a pub that I much prefer for many reasons. I think your optimism is misplaced; I certainly know people who say the price of beer is an increasing problem.RedNevhttp://rednev-rearm.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-4767414515890232212012-05-07T15:23:50.503+01:002012-05-07T15:23:50.503+01:00People don't vote with their feet with pubs to...People don't vote with their feet with pubs to anything like the same extent as supermarkets, though, as pubs are much less of a uniform commodity. Few people would go to a pub selling cheap beer if they thought the general atmosphere was poor.<br /><br />So, while good value beer can still be found (and most of your cheap examples were in fact mine), the £3+ pint of indifferently-kept Bombardier will still put a lot of people off pubs <i>per se</i>.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-60154982028753547522012-05-07T14:51:30.334+01:002012-05-07T14:51:30.334+01:00It should be so. The Marble Arch is a brewery tap ...It should be so. The Marble Arch is a brewery tap and not in the least inexpensive for all that.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-51082331783669529512012-05-07T14:48:27.259+01:002012-05-07T14:48:27.259+01:00The interesting thing from our point of view was, ...The interesting thing from our point of view was, thinking about Penzance, that brewery taps/brewpubs (of which we have three close at hand) are by far the cheapest places to get a good pint. (Wetherspoons in PZ is cheaper but, having give it a few goes, does not keep the beer well.) Fewer middle men and no distribution costs, presumably.<br /><br />So, let's have more brewery taps!Baileyhttp://boakandbailey.comnoreply@blogger.com