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The Thoughts of Chairman Mick
Mick Lewis,
Chair of the North London Branch
First, a plug for what should be an interesting event. The Hampstead Museum is putting on an exhibition entitled "Historic Taverns". This will cover pubs in the Hampstead area, where for several years, a number of pubs have been under threat of closure or radical change. The exhibition will concentrate on those pubs that still exist. The Hampstead Museum is at Burgh House, New End Square, NW3 1LT and the exhibition is on from 11th February until 29th April. For opening times tel: 020 7431 0144.
It seems that the DTI have not allowed Interbrew to keep their newly acquired Bass Breweries. As yet, no time limit has been set for them to dispose of them.
But, reports suggest that Japanese bank Nomura who are already the largest pub-owning company in the country, are looking to buy Whitbread's pubs and Bass Breweries. Watch this space.
Bedford brewer Charles Wells has set up an Italian subsidiary to expand their operation in that country. Bombardier is already available nationally in Italy, and having tried a number of Italian beers over the years, I suppose even keg Bombardier will seem exciting.
It appears that even the Better Regulation Task Force - a Government advisory group - is against the proposed full pint legislation. What on earth is so controversial about getting what you actually pay for? Let's hope that for once the Government actually sticks to its guns.
Bud taste strikes again! Bud Light has been withdrawn from the UK. Perhaps if flavour had been its main selling point rather than a lower calorie count, it might still be with us.
I see that Posh and Becks are planning to buy an island off the coast of Essex. Bought by the Charrington family a hundred years ago, it became drink-free and was used for recovering alcoholics. They could have bought Leyton Orient's ground instead, as on match days it's football-free as well.
Mick Lewis
Reproduced from the Full Pint, Issue 8.
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