No Tasters at Lees Pubs

It wasn't a problem having a taste in Weatherspoons this afternoon. (Followed by a pint)

-- Dave Croft Warrington

I sympathise with the pub to some extent. I believe some people do abuse the system which of course affects the genuine request. By abuse, I mean, repeated taste requests particularly when busy. I came across this abuse first hand when working at Worcester beer festival. A group of individuals were clearly taking the p***, asking for taste after taste when we were VERY busy. I felt sorry for the genuine customers who were waiting for a drink. My response was to give them a tiny sample and then move directly onto the next customer.

Beer fests aside, I virtually never ask for a taster in pub, expecting to buy a half to find out what a beer is like. Now I'm in Australia, I keep getting accidentally getting tasters in the handful of brew-pubs and other outlets for drinkable beer: "I'll try a please", meaning "can I have a pot of " frequently results in a taster. (A pot is the standard glass of beer in Victoria - roughtly a half pint.)

I agree with Brett.

The number of times I've had to wait in a Wetherspoons while someone samples every beer on hand pull, then orders either the first one they tasted or a Lager is stupid.

Yes the chance to sample first should be there but the amoun tof abuse that goes on is ridiculous.

Not work> > I recently visited the Rain Bar in Manchester and asked for a taste

That is exactly what I do when working at the GBBF. The genuine ones wait and then order - the time wasters generally go away.