Mike Benner said yesterday (words to the effect of) -"good beer is worth paying more for and increasing support for the brewers of good beer means digging a bit deeper than we do at present."
I was there, I heard it, as did 100 or so other people. Watch for the report in the Publican, What's brewing etc.
So, it's official - CAMRA adopts Pickthalls' POV.
Jeff Pickthall a écrit :
So, it's official, Pickthalls have mistaken the point of view of a few people who happen to be CAMRA members for the organisation's policy for years up to this day. And then Jeff saw the light because he got an opinion on the matter straight from the horse's mouth.
A day that'll make history indeed. Could have asked the horse before, though . & Cheers !
Laurent
In message , Jeff Pickthall wrote
When stories like this appear no-one is willing to give a selling price so it's hard to judge what is meant by digging deeper. In my local area the range of prices in Freehouses is around £2.20 to £2.50 for what I consider to be a quality beer. Unfortunately there too many very bland Real Ales also at these prices. (Sometimes it's worth considering drinking the National brand lagers to get some tasty drinking)
In my local area a beer such as Bass is sold to the free trade so that publicans can sell it with the normal mark-up at £1.85 pint whereas the tied houses sell the same for around £2.40.
I presume Mike Benner is indeed a CAMRA member - he is also "Head of Campaigns and Communications". In fact, I believe he has recently been promoted to biggest big-cheese. Court scribe Roger Protz was nodding in vigorous agreement with Benner's speech too.
We aim to please.
never_checked_mail snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk (Jeff Pickthall) - a made-up name if ever I've heard one - said
What's so remarkable about finding that one's POV coincides in one detail with the opinion of someone giving a speech at a CAMRA meeting?
Coming next: Amazing Coincidence as My Opinion on EU Enlargement Endorsed by Man I Got Talking to in My Local - Shock Claim.
Very convincing. Argumentum ad verecundiam.
Allan Bennett Not a fan of extrinsic fallacies
Replying to loobyloo whose post didn't show up on Google-
Allan Bennett - a made-up name if ever I've heard one - said
Who says a classical education is useless :)
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