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.