Xela Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 1 minute ago, blandy said: There’s a ceiling, isn’t there. Don't Tell Me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, Xela said: Don't Tell Me They had different music on The Day Before You Came Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 15, 2023 Author Share Posted December 15, 2023 Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath. Wonderful place. Been a few times despite being the other side of Brum to me. Love the interior... the tiles on the floor, and up the staircase. Good mix of people in there as well. Mate had a gig there and he was ace 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Tamworth Tap named best pub in country for the second year in a row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-67949548 Quote A pub has been crowned best in the country for the second time in a row. The Tamworth Tap scooped the National Pub of the Year 2023 award by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) - the organisation's top honour. Located in a 16th-Century building in Tamworth, the pub is only the second to win the prize twice consecutively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) 12 hours ago, Xela said: Tamworth Tap named best pub in country for the second year in a row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-67949548 I wouldn't mind going but would be kicked out for : 1. Not wearing a chunky knit arran sweater 2. My knowledge of steam locomotives is pitiful 3. I don't have a beard....or am not called Malcom. Or Malcolm Beard. 4. I'd end up taking the mick out of all of the above as i demand lager. Edited January 13 by mottaloo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 13 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13 10 minutes ago, mottaloo said: I wouldn't mind going but would be kicked out for : 1. Not wearing a chunky knit arran sweater 2. My knowledge of steam locomotives is pitiful 3. I don't have a beard....or am not called Malcom. Or Malcolm Beard. 4. I'd end up taking the mick out of all of the above as i demand lager. Ordering a lager won't annoy them anything like going in, perusing all of the amazing cask beers on offer and then ordering a pint of John Smith's. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 13 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13 Can you even go in a pub and order a pint of John Smiths or Tetleys or are they purely in cans now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 7 hours ago, sidcow said: Can you even go in a pub and order a pint of John Smiths or Tetleys or are they purely in cans now? You mean nitrokeg slop? Yes, its called Guinness. AMIRITE?! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 7 hours ago, mottaloo said: I wouldn't mind going but would be kicked out for : 1. Not wearing a chunky knit arran sweater 2. My knowledge of steam locomotives is pitiful 3. I don't have a beard....or am not called Malcom. Or Malcolm Beard. 4. I'd end up taking the mick out of all of the above as i demand lager. They are a welcoming bunch, always accepting of people that are wrong, I mean, different. Plus, wear this and you'll be fine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted January 13 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Xela said: You mean nitrokeg slop? Yes, its called Guinness. AMIRITE?! 100%. Guinness is the John Smith's of stout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 North Brewery Taproom at One Snow Hill shut for good yesterday. Parent company went into administration. The northern venues and brewery have been purchased via a pre-pack by Kirstall Brewery, but the Brum venue wasn't saved. I must admit, I've never been there. Just slightly out of the way if i'm honest. still, sad to see a venue go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted January 31 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said: Barton Arms is closing. This is a real hard one to take. Pubs closing all over at the moment. Bartons seem to be citing increased heating and electric costs and increasing staffing costs. The increased minimum wage seems to be sending a lot of businesses under. I think breweries need to get real about how much they allow publicans to earn. They screw them left, right and centre. If they have no pubs left to sell their wares they'll ultimately just suffer themselves. Same with Government. A little less tax from a vibrant industry is better than no tax from a dead industry. The Bartons is an absolute shining light of a pub and should be protected. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 6 minutes ago, sidcow said: This is a real hard one to take. Pubs closing all over at the moment. Bartons seem to be citing increased heating and electric costs and increasing staffing costs. The increased minimum wage seems to be sending a lot of businesses under. I think breweries need to get real about how much they allow publicans to earn. They screw them left, right and centre. If they have no pubs left to sell their wares they'll ultimately just suffer themselves. Same with Government. A little less tax from a vibrant industry is better than no tax from a dead industry. The Bartons is an absolute shining light of a pub and should be protected. Awful news 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I’m gutted, I was in there last night. I love their food. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 46 minutes ago, sidcow said: This is a real hard one to take. Pubs closing all over at the moment. Bartons seem to be citing increased heating and electric costs and increasing staffing costs. The increased minimum wage seems to be sending a lot of businesses under. I think breweries need to get real about how much they allow publicans to earn. They screw them left, right and centre. If they have no pubs left to sell their wares they'll ultimately just suffer themselves. Same with Government. A little less tax from a vibrant industry is better than no tax from a dead industry. The Bartons is an absolute shining light of a pub and should be protected. Yep, they really do make it so hard for them and might I also add the public. Ridiculous pricing really . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 50 minutes ago, sidcow said: The increased minimum wage seems to be sending a lot of businesses under. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 31 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31 2 minutes ago, Xann said: I don't know what that means but a lot of hospitality businesses are struggling with it. That's a fact not a political statement or opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: I don't know what that means but a lot of hospitality businesses are struggling with it. That's a fact not a political statement or opinion. 1,2 & 3 tanked the economy. 4 and his ilk are using the Ukraine war to gouge us, so it costs more to transport anything anywhere or heat anything. 5 supplies the smoke and mirrors to pull off the above blags. Add these factors to your valid one about breweries screwing landlords and we're identifying the causes of the problems, rather than a measure to stop thousands more sliding into poverty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Surely the building itself is protected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 1 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1 8 hours ago, Wainy316 said: Surely the building itself is protected Oh sure. We all know about the protected buildings that lay empty for decades rotting, bring vandalised until torched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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