Bournemouth short break

[walpurgis]

Never bothered much with ‘real’ ales, most taste like stagnant ditch water to me (not that I’ve ever tasted that, just gives me that impression)

That's my opinion too, I think it's a snobbery thing and drinkers of brown muck think they are in some sort of implied exclusive club. I've always described 'real ales' as being fit only for washing out paint brushes! And anyway, there's no such thing as Unreal Ale, so other beers (whatever they might be?) are equally valid choices.

[struth]

That's my opinion too, I think it's a snobbery thing and drinkers of brown muck think they are in some sort of implied exclusive club. I've always described 'real ales' as being fit only for washing out paint brushes! And anyway, there's no such thing as Unreal Ale, so other beers (whatever they might be?) are equally valid choices.

most real ales sold draught are to me revolting; even look bad..lol give me a good lager any day. at least it has some life about it

[Lawrence001]

They can’t f**k up Guinness can they? Doesn’t it have to be looked after a certain way?

Never bothered much with ‘real’ ales, most taste like stagnant ditch water to me (not that I’ve ever tasted that, just gives me that impression)

Wetherspoons has a very good range of beers that always changes but I agree that the quality is variable between sites and I suspect it depends on the priorities of the manager. Being a profit driven low margin business they are undoubtedly set high revenue targets and may let the quality slip if they compete on price alone.

I also agree you can't beat a standalone pub with a good landlord for ale quality but as ever price has to be considered these days.

[Barry]

most real ales sold draught are to me revolting; even look bad..lol give me a good lager any day. at least it has some life about it

Real Ale, hand pulled, is to beer dispensed under pressure, as a single malt is to a blend.

[hifinutt]

wonderful . used to live in Christchurch and cycle out to college in sopley , when the fields flooded it was like the lake district ... fab and happy memories

[Pigmy Pony]

Oi! Go back and flush that log, you manky bint!

[Pigmy Pony]

We only used to use Wetherspoons for meeting up. As I suspect many others did. Now at our one (in Preston) there was no music playing. I don't know if this was company policy, but someone told me it was so people could have a conversation without shouting over the music. Thing is, everyone was talking louder than everyone else, so it was still deafening. And the clientele/competent staff ratio was all wrong.

Ok for cheap grub and drink in the daytime though.

[Pigmy Pony]

We once went for breakfast at a Wetherspoons in Poole, and as it was nice weather we sat outside. Unfortunately next to a family who's young kids had everything on the menu, with no chance of finishing it all.

The staff clearly couldn't be arsed clearing up after the family had left, so it was left to the local seagull population. It was like a scene from "The Birds", and by the time they'd finished the floor was strewn with broken plates and cups. Better that I suppose than having the same lazy staff cleaning the bird shit off those plates and putting the next customers' meals on them.

[Roy S]

Oi! Go back and flush that log, you manky bint!

I suspect this newish strategy of putting the bogs upstairs is to give your esteemed clientele a quick sobriety self test on the way down.... If you end up doing one of those running type falls you've failed and they cart you off to a&e after rescuing your severed extremities which were removed by the plate glass door you just went through.

[Mikeandvan]

Been to Bournemouth a few times, last time around 2015 I think, remember thinking how nice it was. Liked the general layout of the town, big wide avenues and palm trees, nice green areas. When I walk past my local Weatherspoons its always packed with pensioners, no matter how early in the day! I haven't been to a pub in ages, not really keen on cold beer on a cold day.