Has the 'Campaign' for Real Ale been won?

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I was also told that real ale drinkers have unkept beards, smell a bit musty, and wear beer fesitval t-shirts that are one size to small.

You were misinformed sid. Their t-shirts are TWO sizes too small.

 

[The Large One]

I was also told that real ale drinkers have unkept beards, smell a bit musty, and wear beer fesitval t-shirts that are one size to small.

Serves you right for not thinking about who you listen to.

 

[BensGrandad]

Anybody else notice that the instant knee-jerk reaction of every single pub manager/landlord when its pointed out that their pint is, y'know, flat, cloudy and undrinkable is to go on the attack, start spouting their CV and generally square up to you, like you'd accused them of having a tiny penis or something: 'Ive been in the pub game for twenty/thirty/forty years blah blah blah'. You'd think they'd have learnt that beer sometimes goes off then...

Yes it does go off and even the best publican gets caught out but generally the s..t pints that people are talking about are doiwn to either bad cellar management or bad initial training in the product and its keeping. There was many occassion that I came down in the morniong worse for wear and didnt want to do what I should have and just hoped that the beer would be ok. Human nature I suppose.

 

[BensGrandad]

You were misinformed sid. Their t-shirts are TWO sizes too small.

That was generalisation of CAMRA members but you forgot the Jesus Creepers.

 

[Old Greg]

Is it? Blimey.

Or did you just make that up?



No. Apparently, it's the cool and fashionable thing to do.

Well I can only talk from my own experiences, I'm 20 and a lot of people i know prefer drinking ale cos its not "standard" and everywhere you go, you will always find a new flavoured one. Everyone loves larger, but just like any fashion there is a resurgance in another. Also as a student, its cheaper, seen as low as £2.10 for a Ringwood Best, cant argue with that.

Also I'm not a train watcher.

 

[Albumen]

People are drinking it because it's cheaper. As soon as larger prices come down, or Ale goes up, people will change. Unless of course the economy picks up pronto.

Eh? I've been drinking it for 22 years. Real men drink real ale, thems the rules. Enjoy the fanny lager!

 

[southern_sid]

You were misinformed sid. Their t-shirts are TWO sizes too small.

I thought the gap between the t-shirt and the jeans was far to big to be one size mate.

 

[The Large One]

Well I can only talk from my own experiences, I'm 20 and a lot of people i know prefer drinking ale cos its not "standard" and everywhere you go, you will always find a new flavoured one. Everyone loves larger, but just like any fashion there is a resurgance in another. Also as a student, its cheaper, seen as low as £2.10 for a Ringwood Best, cant argue with that.

Is that what the definition of 'cool' and 'fashionable' is? Right.

Also I'm not a train watcher.

Hardly anyone is. So why mention it?

 

[sten_super]

People are drinking it because it's cheaper. As soon as larger prices come down, or Ale goes up, people will change. Unless of course the economy picks up pronto.

That might be true in the pub, but it's not in the supermarket. There's got to be more to it.

 

[brakespear]

Have to say always thought I hated ale but when on holiday in Cornwall recently I drank mostly Tribute and Doom Bar which I really liked.

 

[Old Greg]

Is that what the definition of 'cool' and 'fashionable' is? Right.



Hardly anyone is. So why mention it?

Surely there isnt a definition to what is "cool" ? IMO that its just a fashion atm.

 

[Brovion]

I think that a lot of the move is due to the changes in brewing companies there are not so many brewers since the monopilies commission rulings about pub ownership.

You have lost the likes of Whitbread Allied Brewers and had Watney Courage and S & N merge into 1 company this then means a streamlining of products.

Although voted Pub of The year a couple of times I was always anti CAMRA as I thought that it was snob valued I know my beer better than you clique. With the vast majority unable to distinguish one beer from another.

Translation: "I was always anti-CAMRA as they weren't mug punters that I could fob off with any old crap"

 

[Arthur]

I was also told that real ale drinkers have unkept beards, smell a bit musty, and wear beer fesitval t-shirts that are one size to small.

Not all of them sid.

But if you'd seen the bus full of misfits (and that's being nice) that turned up at my preferred drinker last weekend on a pub/brewery tour then no one could disagree with that stereotype!

If only they smelt musty though!!

 

[The Large One]

Surely there isnt a definition to what is "cool" ? IMO that its just a fashion atm.

So in your experience of legally being allowed to drink in a pub for two years, real ale is merely a fashionable thing; a transitory thing.

In an unspecified amount of time, it won't be drunk because the fashionable crowd will go on to something else?

 

[sully]

Have to say always thought I hated ale but when on holiday in Cornwall recently I drank mostly Tribute and Doom Bar which I really liked.

You chose well.

Proper Job ain't bad, neither!

 

[brakespear]

You chose well.

Proper Job ain't bad, neither!

Yead, I had a bottle of that, which was nice - the Co-Op downthere seem to feature a lot of local beers which was nice.

 

[house your seagull]

Is that what the definition of 'cool' and 'fashionable' is? Right.

what's got your knickers in a twist?

Real ale, as the poster implied, could, through rational observations of trends and popularity, especially in the existing product's non-traditional demographic, be considered 'cool' and 'fashionable'.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

So in your experience of legally being allowed to drink in a pub for two years, real ale is merely a fashionable thing; a transitory thing.

In an unspecified amount of time, it won't be drunk because the fashionable crowd will go on to something else?

he's right though.....you see a lot more young people drinking ale at the moment than you have in the past (even like, a year or so ago)

it may be because it's more readily available in pubs with young clientelle than in the past.......but it's certainly becoming more 'trendy'

 

[Old Greg]

So in your experience of legally being allowed to drink in a pub for two years, real ale is merely a fashionable thing; a transitory thing.

In an unspecified amount of time, it won't be drunk because the fashionable crowd will go on to something else?

It'll always be drunk by many people, but in a few years (as said if prices go up etc) that it wont be as popular than it is now. You're right, I don't know as much as you, my lord, but things change.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

You chose well.

Proper Job ain't bad, neither!

Proper Job is fantastic.