Latest Wetherspoons beer festival

Same in Caversham Reading (Baron Cadogan). But the Dog's B****cks aka Mutt's Nuts was quite drinkable. Other "specials" were mediocre to say the least :-(

-- Richard

The Briar Rose in Birmingham had 12 guest ales on last night :)

The Babington Arms, Derby, had 5 from the list, which is better than Derby's other Spoons pubs which only had 2. I have found from the last couple of years' festivals that the first night isn't the best night to go, though I always do! The Friday night seems to have a better selection. Maybe managers are told to save the best for the weekend.

Cheers, Lee.

In message , Lee writes

The best time to go is usually 1-2 days after it ends. The beer has just begun to be mature enough to drink... the exact opposite of all other festivals. On the first day its usually hard to tell the difference between any of the beers.

Went to the William Morris in Oxford last night - very disappointing. There were 8 beers on, but there always are - they'd just put some of the festival beers on in place of the usual guests.

Nothing wrong with the quality, but I think JDW are taking the piss somewhat by calling this a 'beer festival'. All the bar staff were loyally wearing festival t-shirts though!

Best regards, Paul

-- Paul Sherwin Consulting

Do you think they were given the choice?

Robin

Asked for a pint of T Taylor Lanlord in a Wethers the other day, and was told it was off. I asked if he was going to turn the pump sign round,and was told that it is Wethers policy not to. Are they allowed to advertise something they are not selling?

Yes.

Robin

In message , Phil wrote

They have been doing it for many years. I recall one time asking for something displayed with a customer facing pump-clip to be told that it hadn't been delivered yet.

There was a CAMRA AGM motion concerning this a couple of years ago. The legal phrase was something along the lines of "Invitation to Sell"???

Any POS advertising would probably be held to be an "invitation to treat" as opposed to an "offer".

What did the motion say?

Robin

Alan2/11/03 10:36 AM

At my local JDW, they usually turn the clips round straight away - although they don't always alter the beer and price info' list which is what I look at first. Haven't checked out this latest "fest" yet.

JDW is very close to me, but none of my mates want to drink there, (it is a soul-less place) even if it is cheap. The best free house pubs in town are trying to compete as best they can on price and some not doing too badly.

CR

Alan wrote in news:UOj8tqA54Np$ snipped-for-privacy@amacleod.clara.co.uk:

The better spoons outlets do turn pump-clips rounds. There was some corespondence about this in their publicity rag, centred around a joke beer called "sorry not available". My recollection of this is that is was co policy to either turn the clips round or put a "sorry not available" sign up. But not all pubs follow this.

I intend to raise this matter with the management.

Andrew

It is CAMRA policy, under Section 4.12 Beer Dispense

"CAMRA believes that the display of a pumpclip on a handpump facing the customer in an "invitation to treat" - an indication of the beer on offer. CAMRA believes that the clip should be turned behind the pump when the beer in question is not available."