Spoons in Plymouth yesterday £1.99 for a pint. I asked was it a promotion, they are not stocking it any longer! What the hell will I drink now???
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I drink it in the Peacock but its a tad more expensive than that.
If it's a 'Spoons try the Seven Brothers or Mad Squirrel Sumo. Both £2.99 a pint in my local spoons.
In spoons in Weymouth at the moment, trying to drink all of the shipyard at £1.99. Just guessing here but I suspect spoons have tried to negotiate a cheaper price with the brewery, the brewery said no, so they remove it from the menu. They did it with Kronenbourg (**** spelling alert) but then brought it back
Am in Knaresborough and its £2.69. Still worth it. Last time in the Cooper Rose it was only £1.99
From a lad I know on the pub trade, Spoons generally buy "short life" beer from breweries, basically stuff that's at risk of being wasted if it's not sold within a couple of weeks/month depending of the type of beer, so they can get it pretty cheap to sell on to punters. It works and generally benefits both parties because breweries aren't risking beer being wasted, Spoons get certain beers cheaper than the normal price and because Spoons are willing to take beers with short life that other companies aren't they can get a deal that a bit of a discount on on non short life beer. That said if there's none to be bought or they can get a deal agreed at a price they'll not buy it. I'd not be surprised if Shipyard wasn't giving them a deal that suited them so they've stopped selling it.
Spoons have been clever. Most people look at bottom line. 4 or 5 pints in Spoons for a tenner or 2 pints elsewhere.
They do purchase it with a month lifeline. Massive turnover. Owner was a tw*t when coving hit but cannot fault the business plan.
I agree, I can't stand the bloke as a person but he's a smart businessman. That said, you have to walk a very narrow line at their pricings. People, as you say, will look at the bottom line and a round in a spoons can be half the price of a round in another pub, but it does risk attracting piss heads and neck enders and all the associated trouble that can bring, which risks putting off other customers. But if there's no bother you can click a lot, it all depends on how much you can stay on the line. Some do it well, others not.
Personally I was always ok with the Jameson and quite liked the Lambton Worm until they sold it, but could never get away with the Cooper Rose. Don't know why, even though it's one of the best looking ones and pretty clean I've never been a fan and it's definitely not the worst one I've drunk in either. I've been in the Mile Castle a few times and often found it had a bit of an edge to the atmosphere at times (I always put it down to being close to the station so it had people in who'd just spilled in straight off the metro), not that it's much worse than the Cooper Rose, but I've definitely drank in there more than the Cooper Rose. The Moon under the Water in Leicester Square is pretty ****, I prefer the Nicholson pubs nearby than that if I'm down there. The worst I went in was a one in Glasgow near Queen Street station (not the counting house, that's quite decent) about 12 years ago but I can't remember it's name. In fact it might not be there anymore seems as Queen Street station was redeveloped and Spoons have sold off a fair few pubs recently. I didn't feel threatened or intimidated while I was in killing time before my train, but it had the atmosphere of homeless doss house where you'd not be surprised if someone stood up and head butted a wall. So I didn't fancy drawing anymore attention to myself than necessary (i.e one pint a "where the toilets" and "thank you") before spending the next hour in the station waiting for my train.
Must admit I thought the Lambton Worm was better than the Cooper Rose. Best one i have ever been in was on the waterfront at Norwich. Absolutely huge but a nice place. The one at Harrogate is fairly posh as Spoons go.
Was recently in the one at the Bull ring in Birmingham. Was OK but nowt flash.
Spoons at Harrogate.
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Poshest Spoons I’ve ever been in!!
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Yes always worth a visit! Prefer that to Betty’s any day
I think that applies to most Wetherspoons, generally ok but nothing flash. Generally decent beer at reasonable prices and if the piss head scroats are kept out they're alright. That Harrogate one does look nice, like. The Counting House in Glasgow near George Square is nice, an old bank so all tall, ornate walls and floors and a large glass dome in the middle of the ceiling. A lot of the others are just a bit much of a muchness, I was in the one in Watford high Street last season and it wasn't much different to being in the Jameson or the Five Swans.
Love a spoons for match day, drinks and grub are a bargain, yesterday in Wolverhampton was no exception
First Jameson's shuts/rebrands and now Shipyard appears to be going off the menu? It's one of my favourite pints.
What the hell is going on in the world?
What the hell is going on in the world?
As Michael Stipe once said, it's the end of the world as we know it
