Comments on: A Yearning for Pub Culture http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/ Just another Thegazz.com weblog Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Rich Ireland http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2945 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:41:22 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2945 You will find your efforts to be well rewarded... You will find your efforts to be well rewarded…

]]> by: Steve http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2944 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:43:00 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2944 Now, after reading this, I will definitely find time to visit a pub and taste a "real ale" next time I go to Britain :) Now, after reading this, I will definitely find time to visit a pub and taste a “real ale” next time I go to Britain :)

]]> by: Ireland » The Land of Luck http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2837 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:40:24 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2837 [...] A Yearning for Pub CultureI have always held a fondness for British beer and English pub culture. While today’s Brits are often known worldwide as rowdy, drunken and often violent soccer “hooligans,” the historical reality is that the English have been some of … [...] […] A Yearning for Pub CultureI have always held a fondness for British beer and English pub culture. While today’s Brits are often known worldwide as rowdy, drunken and often violent soccer “hooligans,” the historical reality is that the English have been some of … […]

]]> by: Rood Cervical Zymurgist http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2798 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:47:28 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2798 Ja! Ja!

]]> by: Chris Workman http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2789 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:46:28 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2789 Was that English? Was that English?

]]> by: Rood Cervical Zymurgist http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2788 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:23:46 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2788 Great article Rich! I'm all for a return to the pub/tavern/cafe` culture. There is the "Savor the Flavor" campaign.If we can get the wine :whistle (people) onboard it would be great! I think the word your looking for is: 'Gemütlichkeit' It is a German word describing the feeling & the atmosphere when your sitting around talking, drinking & having fun with friends. There is no English translation. That needs to replace the current information put out by misguided people like the Sugeon General, MADD, certain church groups & other groups. That insist the only reson to drink is to get drunk. I wish they'd grow up! IMHO Their misguided missinformation & half truths are killing young people. Example: Statement: "Beer & Wine are alcohol." I'm sorry folks. Beer & wine are beverages that contain the chemical compound known impart as Ethyl Alcohol(A byproduct of the fermetation process). Great article Rich!
I’m all for a return to the pub/tavern/cafe` culture. There is the “Savor the Flavor” campaign.If we can get the wine :whistle (people) onboard it would be great! I think the word your looking for is: ‘Gemütlichkeit’ It is a German word describing the feeling & the atmosphere when your sitting around talking, drinking & having fun with friends. There is no English translation. That needs to replace the current information put out by misguided people like the Sugeon General, MADD, certain church groups & other groups. That insist the only reson to drink is to get drunk. I wish they’d grow up! IMHO Their misguided missinformation & half truths are killing young people. Example: Statement: “Beer & Wine are alcohol.” I’m sorry folks. Beer & wine are beverages that contain the chemical compound known impart as Ethyl Alcohol(A byproduct of the fermetation process).

]]> by: Ron Posey http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2784 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:20:15 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2784 Add me to the dreamer list too. I think a "public" house in the neighborhood would we the perfect way to end a work week. I have tried to turn my own basement into my personal pub, but it's just not quite the same. Add me to the dreamer list too. I think a “public” house in the neighborhood would we the perfect way to end a work week. I have tried to turn my own basement into my personal pub, but it’s just not quite the same.

]]> by: Rich Ireland http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2774 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:07:36 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2774 Although, I personally like going into a smoke free environment, I have always beleived that the decision should. Be mine as to if I patronize a business that allowed smoking. I think the anti-smoking movement has pushed government too far when it c, meddle into the way a person runs a business that is still privately owned.the only responsibility that the health officials really have is to insure that patrons are aware of the risk and the business owners clearly post that they allow smoking, this before the patron enters. As for the inrterest in worker's health, you choose where you want to work and all have risk. Bartendrs and servers know what they are getting into when they take on such a job. We are supposed to be a Free market economy, so why don't we let it work? I could go on forever on this subject. I will spare you. Although, I personally like going into a smoke free environment, I have always beleived that the decision should. Be mine as to if I patronize a business that allowed smoking. I think the anti-smoking movement has pushed government too far when it c, meddle into the way a person runs a business that is still privately owned.the only responsibility that the health officials really have is to insure that patrons are aware of the risk and the business owners clearly post that they allow smoking, this before the patron enters. As for the inrterest in worker’s health, you choose where you want to work and all have risk. Bartendrs and servers know what they are getting into when they take on such a job.

We are supposed to be a Free market economy, so why don’t we let it work?

I could go on forever on this subject. I will spare you.

]]> by: Phil Mitchell http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2769 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:52:51 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2769 Unfortunate these are dark days for the British pub industry, and most publicans will point to the 2007 smoking ban as the culprit. You used to be able to enjoy a smoke along with your pint after work. No longer. And when smokers were not longer welcome in their favorite local pubs, supermarkets began luring them by lowering the price of booze. Now more people are just staying home. New research by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) shows the situation is now so bad that 1,400 pubs closed last year - equivalent to 27 a week. Unfortunate these are dark days for the British pub industry, and most publicans will point to the 2007 smoking ban as the culprit. You used to be able to enjoy a smoke along with your pint after work. No longer. And when smokers were not longer welcome in their favorite local pubs, supermarkets began luring them by lowering the price of booze. Now more people are just staying home. New research by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) shows the situation is now so bad that 1,400 pubs closed last year - equivalent to 27 a week.

]]> by: Chris McClung http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2766 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:03:14 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/beerstoyou/2008/07/15/a-yearning-for-pub-culture/#comment-2766 I see what you mean about the 'gas station' analogy. I had a chance to go to a London pub with the expectation of sampling a lot of different English ales. Fuller was the only brand they carried. That didn't stop me from leaving and having a few. You have to admit though that the Brits can pound down the beers. I can't keep up with them. I don't even try. I see what you mean about the ‘gas station’ analogy. I had a chance to go to a London pub with the expectation of sampling a lot of different English ales. Fuller was the only brand they carried. That didn’t stop me from leaving and having a few. You have to admit though that the Brits can pound down the beers. I can’t keep up with them. I don’t even try.

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