tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post7406087317251041054..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: What Time's Mr Smith Coming?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-55471205159973669652019-09-20T13:00:33.297+01:002019-09-20T13:00:33.297+01:00GBP 1.34 for a pint of 2.8% beer in Oldham in 2019...GBP 1.34 for a pint of 2.8% beer in Oldham in 2019, that is great value.<br /><br />How are the prices so low?<br /><br />After 20% VAT and excise, how can they cover overheads and other costs?<br /><br />There are pubs in Galway (west of Ireland) charging EUR 6.00 for "craft beer", even at 3.5%<br /><br />Pubs in towns of 20,000 people in west of Ireland are 800-1000 per week to rent.Lambicmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236596681878934194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-16314176921392885622019-09-09T16:24:10.057+01:002019-09-09T16:24:10.057+01:00Spot on with “how pubs were in the 1970s”, or in m...Spot on with “how pubs were in the 1970s”, or in my case my romanticised notion of how they were. I was in a Sam Smith's pub in Leeds a while back and remember thinking that it was exactly how the pubs looked in Michael Jackson's books. (A lot of Leeds pubs are like that, mind).Barmhttp://refreshingbeer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-62920598808147907692019-09-08T15:49:46.635+01:002019-09-08T15:49:46.635+01:00As I've said on Twitter, that really is a love...As I've said on Twitter, that really is a lovely description of a pub as they used to be, when people just "went out for a drink". Very rare nowadays.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-44788723160298759962019-09-06T20:54:53.330+01:002019-09-06T20:54:53.330+01:00I like the idea of Sam Smiths and i can take bans ...I like the idea of Sam Smiths and i can take bans on mobiles etc. but the old tales of punishing landlords for not short serving customers has put me right off....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com