The absolute state of pubs these days

nlel1975 said:
I wouldn’t fancy watching porn with a load of male friends especially if it involved masturbation, that seems a bit weird and gay to me. But I guess most watched it whilst suppressing their erections trying to pretend they weren’t turned on.
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It's not gay if you don't put your penis in the other man's penis.

#science
 
If you have watched Michael Wood’s documentary The Story of England, which he focused on the village of Kibworth. The pub which was featured and used by residents showing old photographs and documents closed 4 weeks ago. The Coach and Horses.

I lived in Kibworth for most of my childhood and went to schools there.

Was a traditional cosy pub.

A sad loss.

 
cheesefest said:
If you have watched Michael Wood’s documentary The Story of England, which he focused on the village of Kibworth. The pub which was featured and used by residents showing old photographs and documents closed 4 weeks ago. The Coach and Horses.

I lived in Kibworth for most of my childhood and went to schools there.

Was a traditional cosy pub.

A sad loss.

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What's that go to do with group bashin' sessions?
 
I don't think the beers are particularly weak / boring compared to the 'old' days. I don't remember there being more choice 25 years ago (plenty of Carling and Fosters around then), and as someone who also drinks Cider it's a big improvement (used to be just Strongbow and Blackthorn).
Pricing is pretty varied depending on where you go, but that's always been the case I guess.

As mentioned apparently energy costs are a big factor behind the early closing, it's not worth them staying open midweek if they just have a handful of punters in, even at £7/pint. I read about some pubs are basically closing Mon-Wednesday to keep a lid on costs.

The issue pubs have is they don't typically charge entrance fees so are soley reliant on you buying things (or one arm bandits / pool tables etc) for income. The are probably really inefficient energy wise compared to houses, so in the winter they need to spend loads of heating, lighting all evening etc, and any outside seating will be kind of wasted. If someone comes in for a couple of hours but they only take £15 off them it's probably pretty hard to break even unless they are completely rammed.
Supermarket alcohol is just a lot more efficient because they already need all the facilities etc to sell food and other beverages. I can see pubs becoming less and less viable, since I started going the advantages are diminished:
  • Speaking with friends - hardly anyone had a mobile phone
  • Meeting potential partners - no online dating
  • Live sport - fewer digital services in homes
  • Designated meeting point that is indoors and allows public access in the evenings - no mobile phones meant you couldn't just randomly ping people on the go to arrange impromptu meetups, so you'd agree to meet at X pub at Y o'clock.
 
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Paid £4.75 for a pint in Newcastle (the real one) last week. I pay about maximum £3.10 for a pint depending on what I'm drinking at my local club though.
 
LeeUK said:
Paid £4.75 for a pint in Newcastle (the real one) last week. I pay about maximum £3.10 for a pint depending on what I'm drinking at my local club though.
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I average about £5 or £5.50 a pint down here for lager :(


Then again I was in Dublin last week, and paid €9 for a pint in some places.
 
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