Face to face socialising is so old school, retro and dated. Why would you need face to face socialising when you have such extensive social media, video calls and other digital means of communication at the touch of a button!Socialising
Some of these new zero alcohol beers taste very much like beer. Had a pint of Lucky Saint in the Wigmore pub a few days ago and it tasted better than a lot of the fizzy lagers on the market. They have come a long way since Kaliber.I've been feeling for a while that the return of the "temperance" movement would go down very well in society right now. Alcohol is such a prominent & accepted drug, it's quite bizarre really. Beer is bloody lovely tho
Still is - loads of ales at about 3.8.View attachment 55272
3%-4% used to be normal draught beer in the 60's & 70's.
I agree they've come a long way but better than the real thing? Not yet in my books.Some of these new zero alcohol beers taste very much like beer. Had a pint of Lucky Saint in the Wigmore pub a few days ago and it tasted better than a lot of the fizzy lagers on the market. They have come a long way since Kaliber.
Up north it may not work but down in London if they are packing the place out I can see it very much working. You may turn out to be right but pubs are struggling big time so any new ideas to get people back is a good thing. Good luck to them.. I don't mind drinking them
Seems like a London gimmick that will grab a bit of attention but won't ever catch on.
The difference is that all it takes is one person from a group to say they want a real drink and then the whole group goes somewhere that caters to everyone. If everywhere sells AF beer then why limit yourselves to somewhere that only sells AF beer?Up north it may not work but down in London if they are packing the place out I can see it very much working. You may turn out to be right but pubs are struggling big time so any new ideas to get people back is a good thing. Good luck to them.
People used to say coffee houses were a gimmick in the 80s.
Clever marketing. Lead on the fact that most of the beers are zero and you get the PRThe difference is that all it takes is one person from a group to say they want a real drink and then the whole group goes somewhere that caters to everyone. If everywhere sells AF beer then why limit yourselves to somewhere that only sells AF beer?
The business model of a coffee shop requires a huge amount of takeaways. I don't think they could survive financially if they limited it to the number of seats they had because people wouldn't drink coffee after coffee for several hours and I don't think they would alcohol free beer either. I know when I'm driving and not drinking but out with friends that are I don't have a drink every round.
*I've just read the article properly and it says the pub sells regular beer but has a wider range of non-alcoholic beers than most which means it's just a regular pub. So yes, that will work fine because they cater for everyone but I would say that it is not particularly special or news-worthy because lots of pubs have a wide selection of AF beers these days. Presume it's some sort of paid ad disguised as a news story. The very end of the article mentions a few AF only pubs that lasted no time at all.