Author: alangent
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Are we Nearly There?
So, this time next week, we can finally serve beer indoors, yes with one or to proviso’s but hey! its the nearest we’ve been to normality for over 12 months. Yes, 12 months. Whatever certain areas of hospitality and elsewhere say, with a very small window of trading last summer, we’ve been closed since last…
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Nearly There?
Suddenly, it seems, we have something to look forward to, and I don’t just mean a haircut that looks as if it hasn’t been done by that shepherd in the Specsavers ad. April 12th we could be pouring beer. Of course the government being what it is, they couldn’t make it straightforward for hospitality, so…
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January
Never a good month for the hospitality industry, when “dryanuary” raises its ugly head. Usually as a postscript to rampant overspending at Christmas, its perhaps understandable and everyone in the industry braces themselves for its impact after Christmas. However, this year, we didn’t have a Christmas as such and January has seemed interminable as we…
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What do you think of it so far?
That’s partly rhetorical by the way and possibly more a question for us rather than you. It’s not been easy to be honest, although to be open again and see so many familiar faces has given us a real tonic. It was a real boost to hear Nicky saying she was so excited to be…
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Opening Soon!
Well it seems very strange to us, as I’m sure it does to you, but we’re intending to re-open on Thursday 16th July at 12:00. This will be table service only – no standing at the bar, I’m afraid – and we have to confirm to the various government guidelines that are in operation. We’ll…
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Will we ever open?
Currently, the industry is gripped by uncertainty, not helped, it has to be said, by a lack of clarity and guidance by the government. In the meantime, brewers aren’t really sure when to start brewing (cask beer has a shelf life even when its not been broached). So when to start and allow the fermentation…