They're something like 30p off a pint of ale... my Mum and Stepdad are CAMRA members. I'm thinking of getting my CAMRA membership from Weatherspoons in the next few weeks, although to be honest, the state of real ale here in Overton is not up to the usual standard right now.Alexia wrote:Sorry - £20 worth of vouchers - when they arrive I'm assuming they'll be like "buy one beer get one free" or something like that - or "£5 off when you buy £10-worth"Ronnie Rowlands wrote:Eh, what? You get £20 off drinks there? Meaning that an average drink would cost you -£18? I don't understand.Alexia wrote: £20 vouchers off Wetherspoons' drinks, it's well worth the money.
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I've been drinking real ale since I turned 18. My dad got me on it, and I was instantly hooked. My old local, The Watership Down, used to be a fantastic pub for real ale. Ever changing ales, and always of a high quality. It's gone downhill since the previous owners left a couple of years ago, and I've not been there since.
There are 5 places to drink real ale where I am now, but only two of them are any good. The Greyhound has 4 regular ales and 1 guest ale, and it's always been a good pint. The Old House at Home has 2 regular ales and 1 guest ale and just like The Greyhound, it's always a good pint.
My only gripe about those 2 pubs though is that they are tied to Scottish and Newcastle, and are therefore limited in what real ale they can get in. The only freehouse in the village has 6 real ale pumps, but only ever have 2 ales on, and they're not of a good standard.
One of the 2 other watering holes in the village is tied to Enterprise, and the other is a social club tied to S&N.
There are 5 places to drink real ale where I am now, but only two of them are any good. The Greyhound has 4 regular ales and 1 guest ale, and it's always been a good pint. The Old House at Home has 2 regular ales and 1 guest ale and just like The Greyhound, it's always a good pint.
My only gripe about those 2 pubs though is that they are tied to Scottish and Newcastle, and are therefore limited in what real ale they can get in. The only freehouse in the village has 6 real ale pumps, but only ever have 2 ales on, and they're not of a good standard.
One of the 2 other watering holes in the village is tied to Enterprise, and the other is a social club tied to S&N.
The Wetherspoons pub in Nottingham is fairly nice, but the scruffy older men let it down a bit in my opinion. The food is always lovely though. I actually stayed in one of their hotels about a month ago as well. The loud air conditioning fan outside, the uncomfortable foam pillows and the duvet that was more like a blanket, put a dampener on what was otherwise a very pleasurable experience. The TV only had a 'programme up' button as well - there was no 'programme down' option at all, which was quite annoying since the batteries on the remote control were flat.Alexia wrote:I've always found Spoons to be attractive and open places. Yes, they're as sanitised as fuck, and completely depersonal, but I've been in branches in Newport, Cardiff, Swansea, Falmouth, Leicester Square, Weymouth, Brum and Manchester and never had any fault with any of them. Their ale appreciation is appreciated by those of us who like trying regional flavours and who don't just want the same fizzy shite everywhere we go.
How classy.Chie wrote:The Wetherspoons pub in Nottingham is fairly nice, but the scruffy older men let it down a bit in my opinion. The food is always lovely though. I actually stayed in one of their hotels about a month ago as well. The loud air conditioning fan outside, the uncomfortable foam pillows and the duvet that was more like a blanket, put a dampener on what was otherwise a very pleasurable experience. The TV only had a 'programme up' button as well - there was no 'programme down' option at all, which was quite annoying since the batteries on the remote control were flat.Alexia wrote:I've always found Spoons to be attractive and open places. Yes, they're as sanitised as fuck, and completely depersonal, but I've been in branches in Newport, Cardiff, Swansea, Falmouth, Leicester Square, Weymouth, Brum and Manchester and never had any fault with any of them. Their ale appreciation is appreciated by those of us who like trying regional flavours and who don't just want the same fizzy shite everywhere we go.