Should Craft Beer be sold in Working men's clubs?

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Back in the day when I lived with my Mum and Dad and I was paying around £1.30 for a pint of lager in the pub, my Dad told me they had a promotion on Heineken in "the club" at 89p whilst stocks last.

Which club was it, mate?

 

[quincunx]

My old town

would it lie on the river roch by any chance?

 

[quincunx]

Titanic Plum Porter, delicious

one maybe, but never a session...
you would be shitting purple the next day

 

[dickie davies]

Which club was it, mate?

Greg Street, Reddish

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Greg Street, Reddish

Yes, there were some really good clubs in Reddish. There was a social club near the Houldsworth that did mega barrelage.

 

[quincunx]

the best thing about working men's club back in the day was the bingo one-liners...

at some stage it was inevitable that the fella pulling out the balls would say "maggie's den, number 10!"
and everyone would shout "kick her out!"
class.
working class.

 

[roman totale]

I used to deal with WMCs, British Legions and other various sorts of clubs in the 90s for one of the big breweries. As others have said, they wanted cheap session beer. So national brands with high volume and low wholesale prices that weren’t too strong. These were places where people wanted to get out of the house and sit for a few hours, if not all day. No point spending up all your money, or getting pissed, too quickly.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I knew the guy that covered Middleton for Whitbread in the early ‘90s. Former public school boy! Middleton and Prestwich was his area. Lots of social clubs on that patch. Good rep he was too. Punters loved him. Think he does the same job for a regional now.

Reckon his patch was 30,000 barrels of beer a year at the time.

That’s a region today.

So many clubs, full of working class people socialising together as part of the routine of their lives.

We’ve definitely lost something.

 

[Phil1]

Reckon his patch was 30,000 barrels of beer a year at the time.

That’s a region today.

So many clubs, full of working class people socialising together as part of the routine of their lives.

We’ve definitely lost something.

I grew up in pubs and I’ve no doubt some of the early life lessons I was given held me in good stead in later years.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I grew up in pubs and I’ve no doubt some of the early life lessons I was given held me in good stead in later years.

No danger. Best place to grow up. Best place to learn about life. And people.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Not many working mans clubs left these days.

I had to check what date was the OP. Reading the title I guessed around 1978

 

[MikeF]

What constitutes a craft beer? If it’s a pint of that flowery shit that stinks of perfume (and cheap perfume at that), I’m out.

And then they have the temerity to charge £7 for the shite.

They do have hobgoblin at my local club. I think that’s a craft beer?? But i refuse to have it for the reasons outlined above albeit it’s not £7 a pint.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I used to deal with WMCs, British Legions and other various sorts of clubs in the 90s for one of the big breweries. As others have said, they wanted cheap session beer. So national brands with high volume and low wholesale prices that weren’t too strong. These were places where people wanted to get out of the house and sit for a few hours, if not all day. No point spending up all your money, or getting pissed, too quickly.

The low ABVs were a hangover of the Munitions Act which shaped licensing hours for three quarters of a century. In Edwardian times beer was strong. Most stuff over 5%.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

What constitutes a craft beer? If it’s a pint of that flowery shit that stinks of perfume (and cheap perfume at that), I’m out.

And then they have the temerity to charge £7 for the shite.

They do have hobgoblin at my local club. I think that’s a craft beer?? But i refuse to have it for the reasons outlined above albeit it’s not £7 a pint.

It's not a craft beer

 

[Bill Walker]

And also avoid bud - yank piss

Like most Australian crap it's only palatable when it's freezing cold.

 

[madloaf]

I used to deal with WMCs, British Legions and other various sorts of clubs in the 90s for one of the big breweries. As others have said, they wanted cheap session beer. So national brands with high volume and low wholesale prices that weren’t too strong. These were places where people wanted to get out of the house and sit for a few hours, if not all day. No point spending up all your money, or getting pissed, too quickly.

Exactly. And your dad would go fuck off in the vault where women weren't allowed for a bit of peace. Better times....

 

[Deleted member 77198]

plum porter!

jesus wept, what the fuck is that about.

Chocolate porter is proper nice!

 

[Bill Walker]

Shouldn't they be called Working Person's Clubs ?

 

[quincunx]

Exactly. And your dad would go fuck off in the vault where women weren't allowed for a bit of peace. Better times....

my local wmc had a snooker room were women weren't allowed in.
imagine that nowadays.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Not many working mans clubs left these days.

Ironically most went bust as they were tied in to expensive shit beer from big brewing Co's. They sell it cheap to the members but end up running on a loss. Hence why they were such shit holes.