My first "spec me" thread: pub & brewery names.

regarding a name, what type of beer are you brewing? (bitter, porter etc.) and what flavours etc. Also are there any near landmarks to pub/brewery or a reason for the brewing? may help with the name.

also have you got intouch with CAMRA? as this would be a logical start for your buisness.
 
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Some `interesting` suggestions ...... keep trying please.


There will deffo NOT be any Strongbow but good, out of the ordinary stuff might be considered ...... I think there's a place locally that does bottles of Weston's Organic which seems to go down well, 6% abv I think; summat similar to that maybe .................. but it's names that are required most please; pref' NOT things like "The foaming pessary" which are amusing but probably not practical to use as a pub name. :D
 
normanthefarmer said:
regarding a name, what type of beer are you brewing? (bitter, porter etc.) and what flavours etc. Also are there any near landmarks to pub/brewery or a reason for the brewing? may help with the name.

also have you got intouch with CAMRA? as this would be a logical start for your buisness.
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The brewery will produce different beers each week but a standard light hoppy ale and a stout/porter are on the cards as regulars.
The brewery will supplying a few places, not just the pub above, and will be pretty much a separate entity.

As far as the actual pub goes; lots of things close by as stated earlier but no real landmarks.
Camra will be invited and encouraged (we know a lot of the local members).
 
singist said:
Serious Location: near student accommodation/college/offices etc and almost town centre (Leeds) should have a good mix of young and not so young.

Getting rid of pool table (attracts wrong clientele) but probably keeping live music. It will offer out of the ordinary lagers and real ale .... ie NOT Carling, Fosters, Guinness etc but Belgian, Dutch, German lagers and a selection of local small brewery ales.

ps any ideas on promoting real ale to the younger generation would also be appreciated; something like what happened with the rebirth of cider (Magners et al).
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Real ale isn't going to take off with students, unless it's cheaper than "normal" lagers etc. I think that a pub in a student area will make a lot more by just being a run-of-the-mill premesis.

Oh and cider and Magners don't really belong in the same sentence, it's basically an overpriced apple alcopop to be honest.
 
Ben M said:
Real ale isn't going to take off with students, unless it's cheaper than "normal" lagers etc. I think that a pub in a student area will make a lot more by just being a run-of-the-mill premesis.

Oh and cider and Magners don't really belong in the same sentence, it's basically an overpriced apple alcopop to be honest.
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Cheap is NOT what anything will be; if people want that there are a million and one places that can provide it ..... none of the common stuff that can be bought from almost any pub but out of the ordinary stuff .... some fruit beers, Duvel, Kwak, Erdinger etc.

My local serves many of the things I've outlined and the cheapest real ale is around £2.75 but things like draught Kwak is over £4 a pint and very popular.

As I said, if they want £1 a pint, go to the union bar.
 
If you want cider get the stuff from local brewerys it's much better than any of this mass produced crap e.g Stongbow, Magners, Bulmers, Koppaberg.....
 
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singist said:
Cheap is NOT what anything will be; if people want that there are a million and one places that can provide it ..... none of the common stuff that can be bought from almost any pub but out of the ordinary stuff .... some fruit beers, Duvel, Kwak, Erdinger etc.

My local serves many of the things I've outlined and the cheapest real ale is around £2.75 but things like draught Kwak is over £4 a pint and very popular.

As I said, if they want £1 a pint, go to the union bar.
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We have a pub like the one you're describing in manchester called the "Sand Bar". It sells real ale and proper ciders that changes constantly depending on what they get in and the most expensive being around £2.80 for the strong ciders and the cheapest being £2.20.

They also cell fruit beers at around £3.00 and imported large bottles of beer for around £2.80-£3.00.

It sells a few normal beers such as Amstel which is £2.40 to put their prices into perspective.

The pub is really popular (now anyway as beer has got more expensive but that pub has had similar prices for around 3 years)

It's in a student area but gets normal age regulars as well.

In my opinion the pub doesn't have to be overly expensive to attract a certain clientel. The people who aim to get blasted generally wouldn't drink real ale, they'd drink Fosters or Stella. I'd therefore say that it's the beer that distinguishes between customers more than the price.
 
singist said:
ps any ideas on promoting real ale to the younger generation would also be appreciated; something like what happened with the rebirth of cider (Magners et al).
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Be seasonal and give them funny names - for the cider and lager lovers a very hoppy ale will be very appealing on a hot day.

Likewise a really dark ale (plain mild, smoky stout, or dark chocolatey beer) will be different and may appeal to those brought up on guinness.

Brown beer is harder work - I'd just keep the range fresh and let them find brown beer once they've found their feet in light hoppy beers or dark stouts.
 
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