tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post1005801521624141102..comments2024-02-29T11:54:28.419+00:00Comments on Ed's Beer Site: Blame DiageoEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-44255599580775778752011-03-08T15:46:31.752+00:002011-03-08T15:46:31.752+00:00I made you a picture Ed.I made you a <a href="http://stringersbeer.co.uk/images/pull_together.png" rel="nofollow">picture</a> Ed.StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-71967196579508022102011-03-08T15:44:50.781+00:002011-03-08T15:44:50.781+00:00Don't PANIC!!! Cookie.
Dad's Army, Spitfi...Don't PANIC!!! Cookie.<br /><br />Dad's Army, Spitfire comments, maybe SIBA should have actually gone the whole hog gone for a good old British parody "who do you think you are kidding Mr Cameron if you think were done... we are the Brewers who will stop your little game..."... Perhaps not.Pub Diarieshttp://www.pubdiaries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-33885029966349542632011-03-08T13:36:33.212+00:002011-03-08T13:36:33.212+00:00CAMRA gets a bad rap on the beer blogs, but heh at...CAMRA gets a bad rap on the beer blogs, but heh at least no one reads them. But what you point out is one more area of fragmentation. Of one part of the drinks industry seeking competitive advantage through regulation and taxes in a beggar thy neighbour strategy. Its all well and good pointing out that most CAMRA members are enlightened beer enthusiasts and not fighting a jihad against the none real ale infidels but its main national campaign objective is increasing the price of a can of lager. The pub industry is committing commercial suicide hawking the line that alcohol is so dangerous people ought not to consume it unsupervised and require a controlled and responsible environment and the main consumer group of drinkers echo’s that line. Many professional paid published beer writers who you would expect to be wider read and influential cannot eulogise about the beer they are drinking without slagging off the most popular beers in the country. Yet whilst drinking is denormalised and beer sales decline beer drinkers have never had it so good because it’s easier than ever to find shed brewed pong or an authentic foreign import. As for the video, as nice as it is it will not appear on TV or in cinemas. It will be watched on YouTube and help beer geeks feel better about themselves. We’re all doooomed. Doooomed I tell you!Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com