[Football] One for Barbs to get his head around

[Superphil]

Its a great idea.

Reminds me of a bar I went to in Amsterdam which had beer pumps on some of the tables. You just pre-paid at the bar for x number of pints, collected your glasses, sat down and got stuck in. Brilliant! I dunno if there's anywhere in the UK that does this, I've never come across it. But it would certainly receive my business if I found one.

Went to a bar in Budapest where they had a ‘Beer Wall’, similar concept, you get a card when you go in (paying a deposit) and then all the beers they have are listed on screens above the end wall which has 30 or so numbered beer taps in it. You choose the beer you want from the screen, pop your card in the corresponding pump and pour as much or as little as you like. They have a range of glasses to choose from, so if you want a litre of pilsner you can, or for a 12% imperial stout you might choose a smaller glass. You pour as much or as little as you want and it’s billed to your card, you pay when you leave.

A bit like this one

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I've never used them, but I'm pretty sure I've seen self service beer machines under the stands at cricket grounds during test matches.

 

[Easy 10]

Went to a bar in Budapest where they had a ‘Beer Wall’, similar concept, you get a card when you go in (paying a deposit) and then all the beers they have are listed on screens above the end wall which has 30 or so numbered beer taps in it. You choose the beer you want from the screen, pop your card in the corresponding pump and pour as much or as little as you like. They have a range of glasses to choose from, so if you want a litre of pilsner you can, or for a 12% imperial stout you might choose a smaller glass. You pour as much or as little as you want and it’s billed to your card, you pay when you leave.

A bit like this one

That sounds absolutely bloody fantastic. WHY is this not commonplace over here ?

WHY ?

 

[Springal]

Never been, but this is a couple of minutes walk from Blackfriars, on the south side: http://thethirstybear.com/

Was near a customer of mine, went fairly regularly before covid but never saw it working

 

[Bodian]

Went to a bar in Budapest where they had a ‘Beer Wall’, similar concept, you get a card when you go in (paying a deposit) and then all the beers they have are listed on screens above the end wall which has 30 or so numbered beer taps in it. You choose the beer you want from the screen, pop your card in the corresponding pump and pour as much or as little as you like. They have a range of glasses to choose from, so if you want a litre of pilsner you can, or for a 12% imperial stout you might choose a smaller glass. You pour as much or as little as you want and it’s billed to your card, you pay when you leave.

A bit like this one

 

[zefarelly]

So instead of getting shirty with the slow service of the low wage workers at the kiosk we can get shirty at someone like my Dad who finds technology absolutely baffling.

Good. This will turn out fine.

You should be getting his pint. Bad son!

 

[Whitechapel]

That sounds absolutely bloody fantastic. WHY is this not commonplace over here ?

WHY ?

Because within a week of it opening some dinlow would try to down a litre of the 12% stout in an attempt to go viral on TikTok, end up in hospital & the Daily Mail would call the pub the worst thing since sliced Hitler.

Sad, but true.

 

[dazzer6666]

Went to a bar in Budapest where they had a ‘Beer Wall’, similar concept, you get a card when you go in (paying a deposit) and then all the beers they have are listed on screens above the end wall which has 30 or so numbered beer taps in it. You choose the beer you want from the screen, pop your card in the corresponding pump and pour as much or as little as you like. They have a range of glasses to choose from, so if you want a litre of pilsner you can, or for a 12% imperial stout you might choose a smaller glass. You pour as much or as little as you want and it’s billed to your card, you pay when you leave.

A bit like this one

We saw one there as well……..great fun. Also had a similar arrangement for wine at a hotel in Mauritius - prepaid card and a huge choice of wines by the glass which meant you could try as many as you wanted, match to food etc.

 

[BBassic]

You should be getting his pint. Bad son!

He's only got himself to blame for me being terrible as far as I'm concerned. He brought me into this world. Partly. I think Mum had something to do with it too.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Aston Vanilla self-pour

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Looks like a posh urinal.

 

[Arthur]

They didn't last year.

They don't serve booze in the upper (I think) tier. Something about the concourse not being wide enough I seem to recall.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Never been, but this is a couple of minutes walk from Blackfriars, on the south side: http://thethirstybear.com/

Definitely going to check this out. I work just next to the river on the other side of the bridge and my work lot insist on going to the riverfront pubs- nice views but I find them a bit stale. Will report back!

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Looks like a posh urinal.

That's the answer a urinal underneath complete flow system.............................

 

[Justice]

Surely it should be slightly cheaper considering servers wages are added in to the price of a pint of beer in normal settings … course it won’t be

 

[rool]

That sounds absolutely bloody fantastic. WHY is this not commonplace over here ?

WHY ?

We have similar here where I live but with a prepaid card instead.

 

[zefarelly]

They don't serve booze in the upper (I think) tier. Something about the concourse not being wide enough I seem to recall.

How much do people swerve around up there? Can't they take their beer, or is it the altitude?