Comments on: How do you maintain a good beer culture? http://boakandbailey.com/2008/09/30/how-do-you-maintain-a-good-beer-culture/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:16:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2008/09/30/how-do-you-maintain-a-good-beer-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-12751 Bailey Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:37:44 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1226#comment-12751 We're not massive fans of the full pint campaign, I have to say. We've always said we'd happily lose 20p's-worth of beer for a decent head on our pint. Being a bumpkin myself, I quite like the support for cider, although maybe it's a 'brand extension' too far...? Real ale in a bottle doesn't seem to much of a stretch to me, although I guess even that is a compromise on the founding ideals of the organisation. Did you see <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/01/enterpriseinns.foodanddrink" rel="nofollow">this story in the Guardian today</a>, by the way? We’re not massive fans of the full pint campaign, I have to say. We’ve always said we’d happily lose 20p’s-worth of beer for a decent head on our pint. Being a bumpkin myself, I quite like the support for cider, although maybe it’s a ‘brand extension’ too far…?

Real ale in a bottle doesn’t seem to much of a stretch to me, although I guess even that is a compromise on the founding ideals of the organisation.

Did you see this story in the Guardian today, by the way?

]]> By: Beer Justice http://boakandbailey.com/2008/09/30/how-do-you-maintain-a-good-beer-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-12750 Beer Justice Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:44:16 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1226#comment-12750 CAMRA ? Narrow, well defined focus ? If only we could get back to core campaigning and offload all the other stuff. Cider ? Pah !, Pub Heritage ? Pah ! Real Ale in a bottle ? Pah ! Full Pint ? oh please ..........:-) CAMRA ? Narrow, well defined focus ? If only we could get back to core campaigning and offload all the other stuff. Cider ? Pah !, Pub Heritage ? Pah ! Real Ale in a bottle ? Pah ! Full Pint ? oh please ……….:-)

]]> By: Americans Do It Better « Relentless Thirst http://boakandbailey.com/2008/09/30/how-do-you-maintain-a-good-beer-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-12748 Americans Do It Better « Relentless Thirst Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:14:53 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1226#comment-12748 [...] the tradition of cask or “real” ale in their pubs for better or for worse, as Boak and Bailey mention. Several American brewers, while not under such pressure, have been creating cask offerings for [...] [...] the tradition of cask or “real” ale in their pubs for better or for worse, as Boak and Bailey mention. Several American brewers, while not under such pressure, have been creating cask offerings for [...]

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