Has anyone heard about the micropub revolution?

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  1. gaz

    gazredtyke Active Member

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    http://micropubassociation.co.uk/
    Basically small pubs set up in rented former shops, low overheads & cask ale, sounds quality!
    No food except traditional bar snacks, no lager, no spirits, no alcopops, no TV's & no electronic gaming machines.
    My mate is opening one in his home town of Chorley in the next couple of months. I think the nearest one to Barnsley at the moment is in Chesterfield.
     
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    There is one near me in Beverley and it's **** lol decent atmosphere but the beer is foul
     
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    Is the beer foul or is it that you just don't like real ale?
     
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    Micro revolution - its all there in the name - doomed to be a passing phase
     
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    It says microPUB revolution & the only time I have seen it termed as such is when I first put it
     
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    gazredtyke Active Member

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    Plus it's a phase that's been passing since 2005
     
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    That place across from the back of Bramahs would probably quality wunt it?
     
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    Not in it's current guise!

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    A number of pubs in Beverley sell real ale and I'm partial to the odd pint. I just feel the micropub near where I live don't offer simple real ale the average person likes
     
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    Fair enough, what do they call the one in Beverley?

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    It's just small beer...
     
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    Its called Chequers.

    Got a black and white flag across the wall and just set back off the square. A nice atmosphere but not a big fan of the beer
     
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    It's only the last couple of days I've been researching these & I have actually seen that one mentioned, I'm hoping to visit the one in Chesterfield on Sunday and there's already a couple in Lancashire that I'm going to visit next time we visit the in-laws
     
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    These look really interesting. I'm also partial to brewing my own beer, and the idea of opening a mircopub is quite attractive if I ever leave my current job......might go and check out some empty shop in Wakey, its not as though there aren't many to choose from!!!
     
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    Is this the same as the "pop-up boutique" idea where the term of the lease is 6 months or so? I really hope this takes off.
     
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    I don't think so, The Butchers Arms (the original one) has been open since 2005, there's quite a few of them down in Kent & now the idea is starting to take off up north.
    I think it's a brilliant idea & doesn't cost massive amounts to get off the ground.
     
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    If you do mate I'll come & sample a few scoops!
     
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    Have you heard about the alcohol free bars that are opening up? One opening in liverpool soon! Good luck with that one :-/
     
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    Alcohol free bars....mm sounds like a community centre to me.
     
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    I'm new to this proper beer drinking lark and I'm not really sure what cask ales are. If I get a pint of hand pull, is that from a cask and considered real ale, but on the electric pump that's from a keg and considered by connoisseurs to be inferior. Is that right?
     
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