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I have got you saved as a favorite to look at new things you post…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-14540394444567972392013-01-22T00:20:43.547+00:002013-01-22T00:20:43.547+00:00ulfhc [url=http://drdrebeatsonlinesale.co.uk]beats...ulfhc [url=http://drdrebeatsonlinesale.co.uk]beats by dre outlet[/url] tcnvd http://drdrebeatsonlinesale.co.uk jngty [url=http://beatsdrdresales.co.uk]dr dre beats[/url] fvzng http://beatsdrdresales.co.uk yhiaz [url=http://drdrebeatsonlinestores.co.uk]cheap beats by dre[/url] zbggt http://drdrebeatsonlinestores.co.uk yzwti [url=http://cheapbeatsdrdreonlinesale.com]beats by dre[/url] lnitc http://cheapbeatsdrdreonlinesale.com tlxlt [url=http://beatsbydrdreshopping.com]cheap beats by dre[/url] spmox http://beatsbydrdreshopping.com xtasp [url=http://beatsbydrdreoutletforsale.com]beats outlet[/url] krobj http://beatsbydrdreoutletforsale.com fucyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-80741849002241978942013-01-21T08:42:38.176+00:002013-01-21T08:42:38.176+00:00I am inundated at the moment. You ought to see wha...I am inundated at the moment. You ought to see what doesn't get through.<br /><br />Thinking about it.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-89626773725157977782013-01-21T01:09:17.841+00:002013-01-21T01:09:17.841+00:00You seem to have more spam, TM, than Dewhursts.You seem to have more spam, TM, than Dewhursts.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-61775675334668222092013-01-18T07:58:25.619+00:002013-01-18T07:58:25.619+00:00Nice work Rob!Nice work Rob!Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-12009838835373838882013-01-18T05:55:18.688+00:002013-01-18T05:55:18.688+00:00That's the last time you get a ride on my yach...That's the last time you get a ride on my yacht, TM.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-62511865373463064432013-01-17T18:52:40.866+00:002013-01-17T18:52:40.866+00:00Which is not far off half the total amount of cask...Which is not far off half the total amount of cask beer sold in the country - suggesting that JS has a very high share of the keg market.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-57509801690649394822013-01-17T18:48:32.419+00:002013-01-17T18:48:32.419+00:00I thought the £6.6m figure seemed high for such a ...I thought the £6.6m figure seemed high for such a small reduction in ABV, so I checked the sums. <br /><br />The rate of beer duty is currently £19.51 per point of ABV per hectolitre. <br /><br />Duty per hectolitre at 3.8%: £74.138<br /><br />Duty per hectolitre at 3.6%: £70.236<br /><br />So the saving pro hectolitre is £3.90 (around tuppence a pint).<br /><br />Therefore to save £6,600,000 they would have to be producing<br />1,691,440 hl (1,033,513 barrels or 297,651,878 pints) of the beer. <br /><br />Which, staggeringly enough, seems to fit with the output figures Wikipedia and other sources give for John Smith's. 300 million pints! Barmhttp://refreshingbeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-73202149579245946112013-01-17T14:37:58.702+00:002013-01-17T14:37:58.702+00:00We will have to see whether cooking lager brands t...We will have to see whether cooking lager brands take a dip. Over the years Carlsberg has been lower than its current 3.8 but at one point it was 4.2 Carling was 4.2 a few years back then dipped to 4. The wifebeaters have already dipped to 4.8, I guess we will wait and see.<br /><br />It's all about brand management and currently big brewers care about there volume lager brands and are extending them into 2%, 2.8%, 4.7% versions of Carling so why alter the main product?<br /><br />Heineken have spent to long rebuilding their core brand to make it anything other than the authentic import. They consider John Smiths smooth as a declining brand to cash cow. Wouldn't be surprised if Fosters was in that category too.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-54256379390700914882013-01-17T12:33:32.875+00:002013-01-17T12:33:32.875+00:00I don't doubt that there are some adherents of...I don't doubt that there are some adherents of nitro beer, but the beers themselves tend to be sold at low end establishments.<br /><br />And Neville. Stop watering our beer then please.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-51464971889089586612013-01-17T09:35:09.123+00:002013-01-17T09:35:09.123+00:00It's sad really, policy is making a product ch...It's sad really, policy is making a product change , what would happen if policy made the taste of Marmite or Coca Cola change. I used to like a pint of Old Speckled Hen and then that got ruined, why can't people come up with more inventive ways of changing things?Coxynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-64752555207039245122013-01-17T08:12:40.699+00:002013-01-17T08:12:40.699+00:00Completely agree about thew lager sector -the next...Completely agree about thew lager sector -the next big game hunting ground. Leighhttp://www.goodfoodgoodbeer.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-41073958387573071882013-01-17T02:52:44.873+00:002013-01-17T02:52:44.873+00:00I am the man, the very fat man,
That waters the wo...I am the man, the very fat man,<br />That waters the workers' beer<br />I am the man, the very fat man,<br />That waters the workers' beer<br />And what do I care if it makes them ill,<br />If it makes them terribly queer<br />I've a car, a yacht, and an aeroplane,<br />And I waters the workers' beer.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-41164290997183224322013-01-16T22:52:55.514+00:002013-01-16T22:52:55.514+00:00There will always be a market for the lower end of...There will always be a market for the lower end of the market, but a flavoursome decent beer at low-to-mid strength will always be preferred over "smooth".Treble9mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-65232724539562717842013-01-16T21:22:51.781+00:002013-01-16T21:22:51.781+00:00Curmudgeon - "Smooth beers were originally de...Curmudgeon - "Smooth beers were originally developed in the mid-90s at least partially as a way of making keg look and feel more like cask, with a thick creamy head and no obvious fizziness." ...... and no obvious taste??<br /><br />ps. Who said cask needs a "thick creamy head"? It certainly doesn't where I come from!Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-55865860189641227272013-01-16T19:53:46.086+00:002013-01-16T19:53:46.086+00:00Smooth beers were originally developed in the mid-...Smooth beers were originally developed in the mid-90s at least partially as a way of making keg look and feel more like cask, with a thick creamy head and no obvious fizziness.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-36615841820543668872013-01-16T19:51:40.029+00:002013-01-16T19:51:40.029+00:00I guess when cask was in decline smooth beers like...I guess when cask was in decline smooth beers like John Smiths and Tetley's, being keg, were the only consistently reliable alternatives. I certainly remember buying both regularly as a student when dragged into pubs that either had no cask or where I knew the quality would be questionable.<br /><br />Many people will have switched to these smooth beers at the time and are clearly happy enough to continue drinking them despite the recovery of cask, not to mention the recent influx of (dare I say it?) craft keg beers available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-30916533876199985122013-01-16T16:39:48.788+00:002013-01-16T16:39:48.788+00:00is that simulation game advertised about John Smit...is that simulation game advertised about John Smith Smoothflow simulating a beer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-13125868267508575122013-01-16T14:25:18.467+00:002013-01-16T14:25:18.467+00:00"The cask version - if you are unlucky enough...<i>"The cask version - if you are unlucky enough to come across it ..."</i><br /><br />Hey now, I've come across it and drunk it, and consider myself lucky for having done so. Palate training!<br /><br />(Cookie, your writing's slipping.)Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-31784680284051271442013-01-16T13:11:57.260+00:002013-01-16T13:11:57.260+00:00I've seen people walk up to the bar in pubs an...I've seen people walk up to the bar in pubs and ask if they had any smooth, so some must actively prefer it over cask. As Cookie said, mostly middle-aged and elderly blokes.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-37247742755884987362013-01-16T11:55:37.564+00:002013-01-16T11:55:37.564+00:00I think there is a customer base that actively lik...I think there is a customer base that actively like smooth ales, so I'm not at all sure they sit entirely at the commodity undiscerning end of the market. Though CAMRA may like to think so. People that choose it over other beers. Mainly older gentleman, I suspect. Though a sector in decline it is only recently that cask ale has overtook it. John Smiths is a volume brand compared to any cask ale you can mention. Never figured out why. Regular canned bitter is okay, the foamy widget stuff is quite nasty. A mixture of Dettol and shaving foam might be an adequate substitute for those upset by the move.<br /> <br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com