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Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) |
| Posted by Barry on 2011-01-17 02:48:19 |
| Amen, specially about maintaining existing and long-lived cultures. That biut worries me a little about the situation in the UK. For me (probably consumed by nostalgia), real ale English-style is the traditional products by such as Holts, Lees, Hydes, Robinson's, Bateman's, Tim Taylor's, Fuller's, Young's (?), et al. It worries me when I see them introducing new 'fancy' brews and would rather see them keeping up the standards of the old stuff. They can leave the experiments to the new brewers, who are trying to carve a place in what is becoming a very specialised market. Wetherspoon's is a company that amazes me - they have championed cask condition ale and there's no doubt have done a great job. But I wonder what percentage of their custom comes that way. Every time I go into a Wetherspoon's pub, I see rakes of people drinking lager, etc., and often seem to be the only person drinking ale. It must be something like the situation that we discussed with some of the Bavarian breweries (i.e. the 2 in Memmelsdorf), where there is a lot of promotion of their beers but the main trade seems to be food and hospitality. But they must believe that the beer is a good marketing device. |
| Followups: |
 Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by john ratcliffe on 2011-01-17 03:32:51 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on 2011-01-17 07:03:23 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by DonS on 2011-01-17 09:05:24 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on 2011-01-17 11:50:13 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by john ratcliffe on 2011-01-17 13:33:13 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Mark Andersen on 2011-01-17 13:20:12 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Nick B. on 2011-01-17 23:10:48 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on 2011-01-18 02:01:25 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on 2011-01-18 02:06:49 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by DonS on 2011-01-18 07:25:49 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on 2011-01-18 09:16:54 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Nick B. on 2011-01-19 00:52:07 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-01-19 12:23:14 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by DonS on 2011-01-19 13:50:04 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Nick B. on 2011-01-20 00:25:24 |
| Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on 2011-01-20 02:08:42 |
| Schwemme by DonS on 2011-01-20 08:15:31 |
| Schwemme by Mark Andersen on 2011-01-20 09:42:57 |
| Schwemme by john ratcliffe on 2011-01-20 10:54:27 |
| Schwemme by Bill Miller on 2011-01-20 17:15:44 |
| Schwemme by Barry on 2011-01-21 02:28:00 |
| Schwemme by Nick B. on 2011-01-21 05:14:23 |
| Schwemme by Nick B. on 2011-01-21 05:15:37 |
| Schwemme by Barry on 2011-01-21 06:18:53 |
| Schwemme by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-01-21 07:57:54 |
| Schwemme by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-01-21 08:01:08 |
| Schwemme by DonS on 2011-01-21 09:06:47 |
| Schwemme by Mark Andersen on 2011-01-21 09:34:49 |
| Schwemme by Barry on 2011-01-21 09:47:18 |
| Schwemme by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-01-21 10:32:25 |
| Schwemme by Barry on 2011-01-21 11:54:43 |
| Schwemme by A Harvey on 2011-01-21 22:43:12 |
| Schwemme by Nick B. on 2011-01-22 03:13:18 |
| der...das...die...Schwemme by Nick B. on 2011-01-22 03:15:51 |
| Schwemme by Mark Andersen on 2011-01-22 05:06:08 |
| Schwemme by john ratcliffe on 2011-01-22 07:33:53 |
| der...das...die...Schwemme by DonS on 2011-01-22 08:46:10 |
| der...das...die...Schwemme by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-01-22 10:18:43 |
| Schwemme...von "Schwelle"? by Nick B. on 2011-01-26 00:35:29 |
| "Relevant" by Nick B. on 2011-01-26 01:00:48 |
| Schwemme...von by Uncle Jimbo on 2011-01-26 10:43:09 |
| Schwemme...von by Nick B. on 2011-01-27 01:30:26 |
| Schwemme...von by DonS on 2011-01-29 15:08:08 |
| Schwemme...von by Nick B. on 2011-01-30 04:57:26 |