[Drinking] The Pub Debate - Weatherspoons

[schmunk]

Are you an ale or lager drinker S ?

Mainly ale, but depends on the occasion - a hot summer's day demands lager!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

This is a ridiculous accusation of Wetherspoons pubs. They sell vast amounts of beer, even of the more niche brands, so couldn't possibly meet their demand from short-date beer. It's fair to say that they probably have the freshest beer in the industry.

The food is mediocre but good value - Friday lunchtime with colleagues, chicken wrap, a few chips and a pint (PINT!) of Leffe for about £9.50 in Central London.

Tim Martin is a Brexity wanker.

Maybe they just don’t keep the ale very well then?

 

[Stat Brother]

This is a ridiculous accusation of Wetherspoons pubs. They sell vast amounts of beer, even of the more niche brands, so couldn't possibly meet their demand from short-date beer. It's fair to say that they probably have the freshest beer in the industry.

The food is mediocre but good value - Friday lunchtime with colleagues, chicken wrap, a few chips and a pint (PINT!) of Leffe for about £9.50 in Central London.

For the purposes of NSC it would be a whole lot easily if they changed their name to:-

McWetherspoons.

Then posters wouldn't have to write identical complaints twice!

 

[schmunk]

Maybe they just don’t keep the ale very well then?

Maybe you're a bourgeois snob who DOESN'T EVEN LIVE HERE.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Maybe you're a bourgeois snob who DOESN'T EVEN LIVE HERE.

Charming.

 

[schmunk]

Charming.

 

[beorhthelm]

i'm curious how those that never frequent a 'spoons can know how bad the beer is.

 

[ElectricNaz]

Wetherspoons is alright. It does a job for a pint of corona (as an example) or a rum.

If people genuinely want to pay more for a nicer place let them. I don't really get the drama and the hatred.

If I want one lager and spend 20 minutes somewhere, am I going to spend £6 somewhere else because of the atmosphere? Probably not. Maybe it's different if you're on a session.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Maybe you're a bourgeois snob who DOESN'T EVEN LIVE HERE.

I feel the reasons I gave are reasonable. And there are usually good alternatives nearby.

Anyway, cheers.

 

[Bakero]

The one in Birmingham's China Town is a good spot. You can sit outside so you don't even know you're in a Wetherspoons. Few cheap pints then have some quality food in the neighbouring eateries.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

 

[Solid at the back]

No problem with Wetherspoons. There's a couple I avoid, especially the old one in George Street, was a dive. But I think any pub that would have been there would have been the same.

Do a decent breakfast (or used to) - full English, and a pint - £5.50 last time I had one. What's not to like?

 

[ElectricNaz]

This seems like the beginnings of a NSC Wetherspoons meet up thread

 

[Bakero]

This seems like the beginnings of a NSC Wetherspoons meet up thread

Curry night?

 

[Papak]

I'm not ashamed to say I use them but for specific purposes.

1) When away on business in a place I travelled to for many years, it was a couple of minutes walk from the hotel on the way to the town centre where the eateries are. An ideal opportunity to unwind and discuss next steps etc. with my colleague over a cheap round of drinks each before moving on elsewhere.

2) Away with the misses visiting her families empty property in the SW which we need to do regularly for insurance and maintenance purposes. We get in the 'Spoons at opening and have a blow out breakfast and coffee, juice etc. for about £14 total. Sets us up nicely for the day ahead.

I will use the one at Gatwick - last time was with my boy on our way to the RWC2023 but there aren't really any other realistic options except that wanky looking Caviar Bar or whatever it is called.

Serves a purpose and tbh I don't care about the owner's politics, that is his business. Does anyone saying otherwise ask their plumber or window cleaner etc. how they voted in the referendum before deciding to pay for their services?

 

[schmunk]

I feel the reasons I gave are reasonable. And there are usually good alternatives nearby.

Anyway, cheers.

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Not really helping your "not bourgeois" credentials there...

 

[Whitechapel]

That aside its amazing what people will forgive for a cheap pint...

It’s amazing what weird moral crusades people take.

I know people who won’t drink in ‘Spoons but will happily scoff Nestlé products and buy a new iPhone packed with cobalt every year despite both companies being guilty of a lot more than having a different opinion on Brexit.

 

[Blue&WhiteSea]

I feel the reasons I gave are reasonable. And there are usually good alternatives nearby.

Anyway, cheers.

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Looks good, assuming it's not available in the UK though

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Garish bright lights. Horrible carpet. The huge domestic violence hot line poster at the door to the George Street one. The customers leave a lot to be desired as well, one honked of piss last time I was in a non-airport bar.

I have used the Gatwick one for hang-over fry ups and the one at Terminal 5 actually had some nice beers which tasted okay. I’m of the view there’s way much better on offer outside of airports.

On the carpet point, did you know every spoons has a unique carpet? I've got the book. Admittedly because I sneered about the clientele to a colleague of mine at work who bought me it for my birthday. Honestly, if you can't sneer at the people in the one at West Street, who can you sneer about?

There's now a 175-page book dedicated to Wetherspoons carpets

Discovering that each branch of the pub chain has an especially designed carpet, writer Kit Caless has watched his 'wetherspoonscarpet' blog turn from a tongue-in-cheek project into a book with a cult following

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Looks good, assuming it's not available in the UK though

It’s great. A lovely beer for Sunday evening. Bottle Logic is a US brewery, I am sure you can find their beers in the UK. The make different styles which are all good BUT their stouts are incredible.