Harveys at the Stadium

[turienzo's lovechild]

Cracking post.


(except the STRAWBERRY milk bit. Yuk)

i drink absolutely gallons of the stuff.......i don't even like strawberries but i'm borderline addicted to strawberry milk

but if they started selling strawberry milkSHAKE at the amex i'd be livid...in fact i'd probably lead a boycott of all products

 

[somerset]

Yes they would. They might be disgruntled, and people on HERE would be up in arms, but when it came down to it, they would.

I think not,......... local business, local jobs,..... good beer,... replaced by what??... a creamy chemical bitter,.... nope, I shall do all my drinking at the Swan or the Bell,..... IF THIS HAPPENS.

 

[Pantani]

You've not visited the 'cycling geeks' thread then!?

Some of us are both 'real ale geeks' and 'cycling geeks'. I feel so uncool

 

[pishhead]

There is another factor Bozza. If you mass produce keg beer you can do it more cheaply, and negotiate better distribution deals. JS is drunk primarily in the pubs and clubs of northern England, where price per pint is an important factor. Real ale is designed to be kept live and not travel so far. Harveys and other 'real' beer has no aspiration for national mass distribution as it would risk the quality of the product and therefore the reputation of the product to do so.

PG

I'll have to disagree about the point that Harveys is a local producer supplying within a limited area. Harveys "best" can be found in most major cities up and down the country.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

So regardless of whether or not we agree with a decision, one that will affect people even it is in a minor way, we should back it? I mean obviously there are other avenues to explore with anything that fans/customers are unhappy with, such as writing to the club or requesting a meeting, but if it's the last option people should not take a stand?

I didn't say you should back it. I said that trying to rally other people to support you in a boycott of OTHER products was wrong. I say wrong - what I meant was over-the-top, petty and embarrassing.

Why be talking about 'last options' anyway? Nobody knows that this is even TRUE, let alone what the possible replacement bitter might be. But hey, lets ASSUME the very worst, and start a boycott. Is there a petition I can sign?

 

[Oscar]

Blimey. Eight pages already. I'm not sure even Gus going provoked so many posts so quickly.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

You've missed the point entirely. Harveys is a local product and it's a popular product. If it was replaced by another good local product then I'd drink it. Once we go national then we'd just be like all of the other clubs.

good

dark star (which i actually prefer) it is then!

 

[Albumen]

Blimey. Eight pages already. I'm not sure even Gus going provoked so many posts so quickly.

Beer. It makes us tick.

 

[dougdeep]

The Swan is going to get popular. Shame it doesn't sell Harveys.

 

[Brovion]

A quick question to the Real Ale drinkers.

Before they announced Harveys was going to be sold at The Amex and everyone thought it was going to be John Smiths anyway, would you have not purchased anything then?

Correct. I managed quite well at Withdean (and the Goldstone and Gillingham) without buying a pie and a pint before or after the game and I can do so again. I turned up just before kick-off and left immediately after the final whistle. It's just that I enjoy the Amex experience, and also I liked the fact that I thought it made us a bit 'different': the local club owned by a fan and with fans on the board, supported local companies and in the process established a different culture to football catering.

And also don't forget it WAS necessary as they had to do something to try and stagger the crowds.

 

[Bold Seagull]

and, as we all know, the ONLY ales/bitters available in the WORLD are harveys and john smiths

THEY'RE THE ONLY OPTIONS

I think we all know that if Barber is looking at this, and the evil stereotype he has engendered on these boards, he will be looking at profit margins, and that means a mass producer like John Smiths to replace a local product like Harvey's.

I doubt many ale drinkers would be that bothered with any number of ale replacements, whether London Pride, Doombar, etc. etc. BUT NOT Satan's Piss...I mean John Smiths or Boddington's.

 

[Hillian1]

Some fans fought for it - several thousand now have the benefit of it.

What's your point? You said 'everyone thought we were getting John Smith's'. Really?

My point is that before they announced Harveys would be on sale after saying they wouldn't keep a Real Ale what did anyone think they would be drinking.

And why am I even debating this, I don't care, I have no love of Real Ale and when I do drink it it's normally Doom Bar.

 

[Pantani]

Id actually prefer at least 4 of those to Harveys. Not the Greene King though.

Generally I would agree, but some of Greene King's seasonal stuff this year has been very good. Especially the Yardbird, they produced in March.

 

[Oscar]

Is this a good time to ask the question of whether we will ever get the Albion branded pie boxes back? I liked those.

 

[Albumen]

1 "Something About The Way You Look Tonight / Candle In The Wind 1997" Elton John 4,868,000 1997 1
2 "Unchained Melody" Robson & Jerome 1,840,000 1995 1
3 "Love Is All Around" Wet Wet Wet 1,783,000 1994 1
4 "Barbie Girl" Aqua 1,722,000 1997 1
5 "Believe" Cher 1,672,000 1998 1

Top 5 selling songs of the 1990's. It doesn't mean they're any good.

 

[Peter Grummit]

I am afraid this IS true. I have learned the source of this information and it is impeccable.

PG

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I am afraid this IS true. I have learned the source of this information and it is impeccable.

PG

If so, that's a pity.

 

[Albumen]

If they do get John Smiths there literally is no catering for taste.

 

[Brovion]

Blimey. Eight pages already. I'm not sure even Gus going provoked so many posts so quickly.

That's because this is important!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I am afraid this IS true. I have learned the source of this information and it is impeccable.

PG

Well - it is a mistake. I am sure it is made for sound commercial reasons, blah, blah. But it is a mistake.