Curmudgeon's "Opening Times" Columns
Ranting monthly about pubs and beer since May 1993
March/April 2020
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Very Early Doors Extended licensing hours give people the freedom to use pubs at times that suit them THE DETERMINED band of drinkers wh...
January/February 2020
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Charge More, Sell Less A premium pricing strategy will do nothing to help the long-term prospects of cask LAST AUTUMN, the latest editio...
November/December 2019
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Drying Out There’s a limit to how far pubs can go in appealing to non-drinkers A MAJOR problem for the pub trade is the growing proporti...
September/October 2019
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The Beer That Dare Not Speak Its Name Bitter needs to stop pretending to be something other than what it really is A COUPLE of decades a...
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July/August 2019
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When is a Pub not a Pub? It’s hard to pin down the difference between a pub and a bar, but you know one when you see one WHEN it’s a bar...
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May/June 2019
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The Squeezed Middle If we are concerned about their long-term survival, mid-sized brewers deserve a little more love THE SALE of Fuller’...
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March/April 2019
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Sense of Place We have lost something valuable with the erosion of the link between beer and locality WHEN I first became interested in ...
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January/February 2019
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What Goes Around, Comes Around After ripping out all the internal walls, compartmentalised pubs are coming back into fashion SIXTY years...
November/December 2018
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A Mixed Blessing All-day pub opening is undoubtedly a good thing, but it has had its negative side THIS YEAR saw the thirtieth annivers...
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September/October 2018
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Pie in the Sky Despite prophecies of doom, there’s still a bright future for wet-led pubs EVERY so often, someone comes up with a report...
July/August 2018
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The Great Craft Sell-Out It’s a fact of life that most successful start-up breweries will end up being bought by bigger competitors THE...
May/June 2018
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You Could Be Next It is short-sighted in the extreme for anyone involved in the pub trade to welcome minimum alcohol pricing ON 1 MAY, S...
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