Cheers thanks a lot, Young's
Has anybody else noticed that the price of everything apart from their own ales is vastly inflated in Young's houses? Don't order a pint of Peroni. Don't order a rum and coke. You have been warned. It's nothing short of extortion for those of us with non-ale drinkers in the round.
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Complaining about pub prices? Sounds like you're on the slippery slope to Wetherspoons!
Good point.
John Young must be turning in his grave over what has happened to the once proud company he headed!
Here's another observation. Is it just me, or are there (a) fewer moths now than there were in the 1990s and/or (b) fewer moths in London than there are in South Shields? I ask because when I was a kid, in summer, I was pretty much dominated by moths. I was always anxious about leaving my window open because lots of flying monsters would come in my room and get all up in my business. I do it here and there's no beef whatsoever. Why is that?
Because they can't stand the smell.
(you're being heckled by someone who's reading websites at 2am...)
What did they charge for the Peroni; about £4?
Some relatively recent moth info for you:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3344986/Moth-numbers-expected-to-hit-record-low.html
They must be following the Irish pub model, over charge on anything that can be mixed. A rum and coke could cost you the price of two pints.
I noticed when I moved to Reading from the onion fields of Bedfordshire that there were no moths. It was brilliant until 18 months later when all the moths in the world (slight exaggeration) made my stairwell their home.
Jeff have you perhaps been moved to make this post after a trip to The Paternoster, a gaff I know we both frequent? Lovely place, lovely staff and quality drinks but I always leave feeling as though I've been somehow stealth-mugged. Or as a rival web site put it "meals good but not cheap and drinks also confidently priced".
Must check out the confidence/exstortion thang next time I have a decent thesaurus to hand.
Did you receive a short measure?
Ed's and Tim's comments point to the fact I've struck a bum note.
New rule: never complain about the price of anything. To do so is cheap.
Its ok, at least you don't sound like the Tandleman in his most recent post.
Don't worry Jeff, I won't be ordering a pint of 'Peroni' in a Wells/Youngs pub (or anywhere else), anytime soon - for me or a non-ale drinker. Did I mention that "Nastro Azzurro" loosely translates as "Assuredly Nasty"?
Though, the Peroni "Gran Riserva" is about the best thing on the menu in (pah!) Pizza Express (pah!) IMHO...
Leave off Pizza Express. Former clients of mine. Lovely people.
Peroni - in all of its forms - is a perfectly drinkable lager. I had a pint of the basic variety just off the Piazza Navona in Rome last time around, and it was nothing short of heaven. (And that was after a night of drinking the most fancy-dan, barrel-aged, doo-dah artisanal beers they could throw at me over at Bir & Fud). However, quite why Young's think it should command such a premium price-tag is beyond me. It's better than the Pilsner they used to brew down in Wandsorth, but then frankly so's Skol.
"New rule: never complain about the price of anything. To do so is cheap."
Bullshit. Some people will try to rip you off, and if nobody complains, then they will continue to get away with it. If a product is low quality and excessive price, then I reserve my right to complain to as many people as will listen.
I have no problem with paying extra for quality, but I shall rally against shysters cashing in on a captive market till my end.
As a fan of Youngs bitter who lives in Manchester, I can only envy your proximity to their pubs. Having said that, the bottled conditioned version is a pretty good substitute for the cask.
Cornubia, perhaps we British developed a reputation for not complaining about things because in days gone by our people had some class. If you think somewhere's overpriced, just don't go there. If enough people agree with you, then the business will soon go under. If they don't, then perhaps you're wrong.
Remember and charge Tim £9 for his next pint. Surely he won't mind.
"Confidently priced". I like that.
yea a change in the price will definitely bring a change in Young house & thanks 4 the advise.
SB
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