Tetley's To Close?

[Si]

'Arry 'Awk wrote: OK Simonm and unca Mick!I had a thought on hearing the Tetley closure news.Request that the two lads at Leeds Brewery,put in a bidfor TC's premises. With their standard of brewing, theirsales would rocket in no time and we wouldn't be stuck withThe present day 'Non'-Tetleys!Just an Idea!?arry This dinnertime, one of the Leeds Brewery lads was on Radio Leeds talking about this very subject, Arry! He was saying that Leeds Brewery's sales are growing because they are a micro-brewery with a niche-market, whereas Carlsberg-Tetley had grown too big and remote from their customers. Sounds about right.

[Si]

uncle michael wrote: First of all I think you should know my background. Myself and my nephew have been publicans since 1976 (BTW I am 60). I remember pulling pint after pint of Tetleys, Landlord,IPA whatever. There is no bad beer when it is delivered, but it needs selling pretty quickly. Times have changed so much. When I was out drinking as a lad everyone was drinking bitter or mild(or mixed) larger was not available (not in Hunslet anyway) the bitter was flowing so fast that one of my old regulars used to say to me that "It tastes like my mothers milk" We have been in the pub we are now for the past 10 years, nice place,no bad language allowed,great for anyone 18 to95 (yes I have a customer that age). Ten years ago our order was 8x18 gallons of bitter now we are down 3x9 of bitter.How times have changed.This not a sob story just a statement of fact.    Michael (Do not post much but I read it everyday) Sounds like a vicious circle, Uncle Michael. Less people drink bitter, because it doesn't taste as good because it's not shifting as fast, so you sell less, it doesn't shift as fast, so doesn't taste as good, so less people drink it.

[Chaddy 83]

On a more serious note...Carlsberg really isn't a decent brew!

[uncle michael]

Si wrote: 'Arry 'Awk wrote: OK Simonm and unca Mick!I had a thought on hearing the Tetley closure news.Request that the two lads at Leeds Brewery,put in a bidfor TC's premises. With their standard of brewing, theirsales would rocket in no time and we wouldn't be stuck withThe present day 'Non'-Tetleys!Just an Idea!?arry This dinnertime, one of the Leeds Brewery lads was on Radio Leeds talking about this very subject, Arry! He was saying that Leeds Brewery's sales are growing because they are a micro-brewery with a niche-market, whereas Carlsberg-Tetley had grown too big and remote from their customers. Sounds about right. I am not been a Killjoy but Leeds Brewery sales might have grown( but by how much?) Micro brewery= Micro growth?. As I said in my previous post I think cask beer is a dying breed, just like Fishmongers,Greengrocers,Cobblers,Post Offices,Haberdasheries ???? sad but I think true.Michael

[simonm]

When I had the Albion I was turning out 6 x18's of Bitter alone. I went in the same pub last summer and was told they has stopped selling the stuff as there was no call for it????? In less than 10 years it's gone from a medium sized bitter sales to nil..The news, although sad has not surprised me at all!

[Si]

simonm wrote: When I had the Albion I was turning out 6 x18's of Bitter alone. I went in the same pub last summer and was told they has stopped selling the stuff as there was no call for it????? In less than 10 years it's gone from a medium sized bitter sales to nil..The news, although sad has not surprised me at all! In the late 70s, at least eight of my colleagues would go in there every dinnertime. Two drank mild, one mixed, and the rest bitter. No one drank lager, even in the summer, and the work built up a mighty thirst!I think there'll always be a market for decent cask ale, but not big enough for every pub to sell it and make it worthwhile financially.Afterall, some people still drink mead! Also, haven't we been through this before, when the brewers themselves decided there wasn't a market for cask ale anymore, and pushed Watney's Red Barrel on us?    

[Arry Awk]

Si wrote: simonm wrote: When I had the Albion I was turning out 6 x18's of Bitter alone. I went in the same pub last summer and was told they has stopped selling the stuff as there was no call for it????? In less than 10 years it's gone from a medium sized bitter sales to nil..The news, although sad has not surprised me at all! In the late 70s, at least eight of my colleagues would go in there every dinnertime. Two drank mild, one mixed, and the rest bitter. No one drank lager, even in the summer, and the work built up a mighty thirst!I think there'll always be a market for decent cask ale, but not big enough for every pub to sell it and make it worthwhile financially.Afterall, some people still drink mead! Only bluddy bees! Signed arry!Also, haven't we been through this before, when the brewers themselves decided there wasn't a market for cask ale anymore, and pushed Watney's Red Barrel on us?    

[simong]

uncle michael wrote:     I am not been a Killjoy but Leeds Brewery sales might have grown( but by how much?) Micro brewery= Micro growth?. As I said in my previous post I think cask beer is a dying breed, just like Fishmongers,Greengrocers,Cobblers,Post Offices,Haberdasheries ???? sad but I think true.Michael Cask is about the only growth business in the pub trade at the moment, because it's the only beer that you can't get in the supermarket - even bottled versions of cask ales are no substitute. When I moved to Yeadon the area was practically a wasteland for anything more exotic than Black Sheep, but in the last year practically every decent pub in the village has got working hand-pulls on the bar. I don't think anyone will ever get rich from microbreweries, but as long as people buy their beers they'll keep going and possibly even growing.

[simonm]

When I say 6x18's of bitter, I bet 5 of them went to a certain chemical container company's staff!!

[sundowner]

simonm wrote: When I say 6x18's of bitter, I bet 5 of them went to a certain chemical container company's staff!! So you drank the other He He