Had exactly the same experience in a Covent Garden pub recently. Popped in, saw a single line of Doombar, explained to the staff why I was leaving, and popped out again.
Luckily in London you are rarely far from a pub serving something interesting (or just not Doombar, Pride or Landlord) at a sensible price.
Found a cracking sub £6 pint of Sussex Best round the corner.
The soft boycott resonated with me. I never see Bass in London, but like yourselves, I would make an exception for it (but never for BrewDog).
I guess my exception is Hophead, even though it’s Asahi now and has had its ABV lowered for tax reasons. I don’t suppose I’ll be much use when the Blackshirts knock on the door.
The large instance which I can relate here in the U.S.A. was when *Anchor [San Francisco] revamped its packaging*. The hue and cry on Beer Advocate was alarming. There were cries of 'What are they thinking? You don't mess with that appearance. I won't buy it again.'
The question which then should have been answered was, 'When was the last time you bought the beer?' There was no pragmatic answer; they couldn't remember. But they expected Anchor would always be around.
The brews were not changed. Only the packaging was. It was changed to influence people who perhaps had never consumed it to buy the brand(s).
With such antagonism toward the brewery, can one now contemplate why Sapporo decided the Stone Brwy. was the west coast plant it needed to brew its brands?
Anyhow - Anchor is gone. It will never return. (I don't consume yogurt.)
The reason it went away is because people WOULD NOT BUY ITS BEER.
Pathetic, is it? Where is Joni Mitchell (Canadian content) to deliver the salient lyric?
I've never been pursued by the landlady, but I did pop in and immediately leave an earthy pub in Eastwood the other month when it failed to have the promised Bass on the bar.
Had exactly the same experience in a Covent Garden pub recently. Popped in, saw a single line of Doombar, explained to the staff why I was leaving, and popped out again.
Luckily in London you are rarely far from a pub serving something interesting (or just not Doombar, Pride or Landlord) at a sensible price.
Found a cracking sub £6 pint of Sussex Best round the corner.
The soft boycott resonated with me. I never see Bass in London, but like yourselves, I would make an exception for it (but never for BrewDog).
I guess my exception is Hophead, even though it’s Asahi now and has had its ABV lowered for tax reasons. I don’t suppose I’ll be much use when the Blackshirts knock on the door.
The large instance which I can relate here in the U.S.A. was when *Anchor [San Francisco] revamped its packaging*. The hue and cry on Beer Advocate was alarming. There were cries of 'What are they thinking? You don't mess with that appearance. I won't buy it again.'
The question which then should have been answered was, 'When was the last time you bought the beer?' There was no pragmatic answer; they couldn't remember. But they expected Anchor would always be around.
The brews were not changed. Only the packaging was. It was changed to influence people who perhaps had never consumed it to buy the brand(s).
With such antagonism toward the brewery, can one now contemplate why Sapporo decided the Stone Brwy. was the west coast plant it needed to brew its brands?
Anyhow - Anchor is gone. It will never return. (I don't consume yogurt.)
The reason it went away is because people WOULD NOT BUY ITS BEER.
Pathetic, is it? Where is Joni Mitchell (Canadian content) to deliver the salient lyric?
A good read.
I've never been pursued by the landlady, but I did pop in and immediately leave an earthy pub in Eastwood the other month when it failed to have the promised Bass on the bar.