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I am going off on one noe concerning beer and why on earth do pubs insist on letting students who cannot pull a pint work behind bars.
First off I'm a Yorkshireman. We like our beer a certain way, with a head. Now I am aware that in certain parts of the country other men do not like a head on beer and want it pulled to the top like cider. If that is how you like it, good on you, enjoy. I do not and a beer with no head is s sign of a crap pint.
I went into Wetherspoons yesterday and ordered a pint, the student that pulled it hadn't a clue. He pulled it too slow with no sparkler on the tap and up to the rim. It was flat before I got back to the table. It tasted foul. So back to the bar. "Can you change this please"? "Why what's wrong with it"? "It's flat" "No it's not, it's fine" "It isn't mate I've been drinking beer longer than you have been alive and it is rubbish" Enter the slightly older team leader. "Can I help"? " Yes please can you change this pint"? "whats wrong with it"? "It's flat" "No it's not"
Here we go again. "Look are you going to change it for a pint with a head on it please" "Tut, OK" Cue a pint with a 4" head. "Oh C'mon mate don't be ridiculous!" "You asked for a head" "Yes but not sarcasm"......" Don't bother I'll go somewhere else.
If wetherspoons hold themselves up as champions of cask ale why can they not teach their staff to pull a god damn pint?
And why the attitude?
I am writing to Wetherspoons about this. Not a happy bunny. Rant over :sbox:
 
drawboy said:
I am going off on one noe concerning beer and why on earth do pubs insist on letting students who cannot pull a pint work behind bars.
First off I'm a Yorkshireman. We like our beer a certain way, with a head. Now I am aware that in certain parts of the country other men do not like a head on beer and want it pulled to the top like cider. If that is how you like it, good on you, enjoy. I do not and a beer with no head is s sign of a crap pint.
I went into Wetherspoons yesterday and ordered a pint, the student that pulled it hadn't a clue. He pulled it too slow with no sparkler on the tap and up to the rim. It was flat before I got back to the table. It tasted foul. So back to the bar. "Can you change this please"? "Why what's wrong with it"? "It's flat" "No it's not, it's fine" "It isn't mate I've been drinking beer longer than you have been alive and it is rubbish" Enter the slightly older team leader. "Can I help"? " Yes please can you change this pint"? "whats wrong with it"? "It's flat" "No it's not"
Here we go again. "Look are you going to change it for a pint with a head on it please" "Tut, OK" Cue a pint with a 4" head. "Oh C'mon mate don't be ridiculous!" "You asked for a head" "Yes but not sarcasm"......" Don't bother I'll go somewhere else.
If wetherspoons hold themselves up as champions of cask ale why can they not teach their staff to pull a god damn pint?
And why the attitude?
I am writing to Wetherspoons about this. Not a happy bunny. Rant over :sbox:
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Haven't seen a beer with a head on it for months! Will be up in the North West at the weekend and I'll be damned if I'm not havin a proper pint!

To be fair if you're going to drink in Wetherspoons you're going to get cheap beer, get yourself a CAMRA Good Beer Guide and get supping!
 
cookelad said:
Haven't seen a beer with a head on it for months! Will be up in the North West at the weekend and I'll be damned if I'm not havin a proper pint!

To be fair if you're going to drink in Wetherspoons you're going to get cheap beer, get yourself a CAMRA Good Beer Guide and get supping!
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It isn't the beer gents it is the kids they get to pull it, they have no idea. The amount of times I have had someone pull a beer three quarters up and put it down and say "I'll leave that a minute it's a bit lively"...Lively, how the chuff can it be? it is bitter it has no gas in it. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh.
 
drawboy said:
It isn't the beer gents it is the kids they get to pull it, they have no idea. The amount of times I have had someone pull a beer three quarters up and put it down and say "I'll leave that a minute it's a bit lively"...Lively, how the chuff can it be? it is bitter it has no gas in it. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh.
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Having worked several CAMRA pubs I'm sticking by my recommendation!

You can't blame the kids for that one I'm afraid, we've had beers that no matter what we've done to them wouldn't calm down.
 
I was a bitter drinker through and through until... I moved down South!

When stationed in Ripon I had some of the best bitter anywhere, pubs took pride in pulling a proper pint, they took care of the lines (a mate who was a cellar man said the chemicals knacker the beer, water only is best). Came down here in 2001 and after a few month switched to lager.

When I go back to Cumbria on a visit its a pint of toby in my old local or a theakstons if elsewhere... pure nectar.

We have a couple of real ale pubs local but rarely visit them, maybe I should rekindle my love of bitter. Unfortunately the big chains are more about alcopops and shots these days :(
 
Weatherpersons and you got a crap pint?

I would be more shocked if you told us you got a good pint.;)

British beer is crap anyway,full of chemicals and pish that gives you hangovers.

The more I drink in Germany and Czech Republic the more I am leaning towards becoming a UK tee totaller.:cheers:
 
Dodger said:
Weatherpersons and you got a crap pint?

I would be more shocked if you told us you got a good pint.;)

British beer is crap anyway,full of chemicals and pish that gives you hangovers.

The more I drink in Germany and Czech Republic the more I am leaning towards becoming a UK tee totaller.:cheers:
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Fine if you like lager, not such a good idea if you prefer ale and non-gassy beers.

If I want fizz and bubbles I will drink champagne.
 
Prefer Cider myself

If not then wine or a nice pint of Peroni

Ales taste awful IMO
 
As said in other parts of the country a flat beer is acceptable in Yorkshire and most of the north it isn't. A bitter with no head just says crap pint.

That is how a good pint should look

That isn't.
 
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drawboy said:
As said in other parts of the country a flat beer is acceptable in Yorkshire and most of the north it isn't. A bitter with no head just says crap pint.

That is how a good pint should look

That isn't.
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When working down south, fairly regular in Croydon, I drink Guinness as it's not worth trying to get them to pull a decent pint !

And, as lagers go, peroni is one of the nicest!
 
discovered a new local brewery near me called two cocks. these guys were on Grand Designs a while back when they built their new gaff. Anyway, if you spot their Cavalier brew, its epic! mainly in that London or near me though i think...
 
Dodger said:
Weatherpersons and you got a crap pint?

I would be more shocked if you told us you got a good pint.;)

British beer is crap anyway,full of chemicals and pish that gives you hangovers.

The more I drink in Germany and Czech Republic the more I am leaning towards becoming a UK tee totaller.:cheers:
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Czech dark beer, now your talking.

I am lucky in that i have a Brewery a couple of miles away and several pubs that know how to serve it
 
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