Supporters' bar/beer update

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I might go to the sportsman for a pint of mediocre Stella. It'll be the first time in 12 years I won't have had to queue. Then i'll get the bus to the Amex!

Nice bit of lateral thinking there that man!

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Not sure about Campari and soda, but perhaps some of this

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[attila]

Right, on the basis that it is Heineken who are supplying the beers, except the real ales, the draught cider is likely to be Strongbow, or if you you are lucky Scrumpy Jack. It would seem the only way you apple lovers are going to get a different cider to these two, is if Heineken are willing to do a similar thing to what they have done with the ales.

From Butterball's post:

I am told:

Bud on tap
Hooegarden
Staropramen
Bottled selection including Singha and Duvel

None of these are Heineken products so it would seem to me unlikely that Heineken would stock them. Especially Bud and Star as they would just be supplying competition for their own products. So the likely other drinks found at Falmer will be from this list, all of which are Heineken brands:

Tiger, Amstel, Jacques, Newcastle Brown Ale, Deuchars IPA, Murphy's, Sagres, Zywiec, McEwan's, Birra Moretti, Woodpecker, Scrumpy Jack and Symonds Founders Reserve

Finally, for you stout drinkers there will probably be no Guinness, it will be Murphy's. Heineken have been pushing Murphy's hard for quite a while now and I suspect that with the other concessions they have made they will insist on this.

All of this is speculation on what I know from dealing with Heineken, no insider knowledge from the club, so feel free to prove me wrong if you have better information.

Heineken-Fosters (one company) do indeed have the pouring rights and I suspect you may well be right on this. I did meet up with a couple of Heineken people a while ago and this is the list they showed me. At the very least we should be able to get them to provide chosen items from the list (again, as long as sales figures back us up) Whether there is any further leeway for other products is something for Elliott to tell me since he negotiated the contract with them. I shall direct him to this thread on Monday and should have further info soon.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I am going to see Elliott Moore, the catering manager, very soon, and on all our behalfs will bring up the question of quality lagers and real cider - not just in the supporters' bar but all round the stadium. Outside of the real ales, which have been negotiated on a separate contract, Heineken-Fosters have the pouring rights, but/and I know that all concerned are really keen to go with customer preference - as long as it is backed up in sales figures of course - and they are aware that it's not just the ale drinkers who want something other than the obvious two. More when I've seen/spoken to Elliott, hopefully next week. Same goes for coffee - I am absolutely with you there, when I'm driving I am an expresso fiend

I'm more of a campaign for real lager person, and they're are some great large produced draft products out there, Warsteiner and Bitburger are great examples. If you want to push the boat out then Meantime Helles or Kolsher. They also do bottled London Lager which is possibly the best lager I have ever tasted. Ask them nicely and they might stick it in plastic bottles for you. And if you really want to go mad then Brewdog 77 lager. They do a grand IPA as well.

 

[Colossal Squid]

Well this is all grand news, aside from the absence of Guinness, which is a little disappointing. But given there will be TWO quality ales on tap I won't be too worried about the black stuff not being available.

And as the fizzy stuff goes I don't really mind Heineken these days, in case I ever do fancy deviating from the bitter, which I doubt I ever will.

Top this off with a selection of decent bottled beers and you're talking an almost perfect bar (assuming the Budweiser rumour was bullshit).

Can't wait

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The possible absence of Guinness does bring one benefit ... faster service at the bar.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The possible absence of Guinness does bring one benefit ... faster service at the bar.

Speaking of faster service, a civilised single-queueing system would be good, rather than a five-deep Sportsman-like scrum.

 

[Pantani]

The possible absence of Guinness does bring one benefit ... faster service at the bar.

I believe Murphy's also claim the same nonsense about the two part pouring method. As we all know it actually makes no difference, but it has become such a part of stout's mythology that no bar dares to pour it without settling time.

 

[Brighton M]

So we've got a great range of beers in the stadium and supporters bar that's different to pretty much every ground in the football league and caters for the vast majority of drinking supporters.

And yet still people moan because they've made "crap" beer available (which sells more in volume than most) and because their favourite isn't available.

The club/the people who've made this happen and managed a sensible compromise deserve nothing but praise.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

And yet still people moan because they've made "crap" beer available (which sells more in volume than most) and because their favourite isn't available.

The club/the people who've made this happen and managed a sensible compromise deserve nothing but praise.

Absolutely. And its not like the beer selection is cast in stone forever anyways. If people don't drink the "crap" beer, then they'll soon stop stocking it.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I believe Murphy's also claim the same nonsense about the two part pouring method. As we all know it actually makes no difference, but it has become such a part of stout's mythology that no bar dares to pour it without settling time.

Yes, but ... most Guinness drinkers won't ask for Murphy's.

Personally, I prefer bottled Guinness.

 

[grummitts gloves]

QUOTE=Return of the Rev;4158628]blonde beer local and organic! any chance?[/QUOTE]
Blonde beer = Dirty dishwater

 

[BUTTERBALL]

I was a bit worse for wear when posting on this thread last night, and apart from the Dark Star and Harveys (which i was told about) unfortunately the rest was my wishlist instead

Still, would be good if it came true

Anything but the dreadful triumvarate of Fosters/1664/Stella (does anyone else's heart sink when they walk into an establishment and see these three evil liquids on tap)

 

[Gorilla]

Yes, but ... most Guinness drinkers won't ask for Murphy's.

Personally, I prefer bottled Guinness.

correct! No Guiness = Dark Star

 

[fork me]

Singha

Sorry, I have to be surrounded by Thai go-go dancers to drink that.

Maybe the club should look at bringing them in?

 

[fork me]

Not sure which bar :-(

I would settle for any of those though. As long as it is not Fosters/Stella/1664 - the 3 most boring lagers in the world

No, not by a long shot. Try the Leon over here, makes Fosters taste like nectar in comparison.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Heineken is a good choice for lager drinkers and dark star is an excellent choice for ale drinkers.I had heard that Harveys and Dark Star will change from match to match, one week it'll be Harveys on tap with Dark Star sold in bottles, the next week it'll be Dark Star on tap and Harveys sold in bottles. I might be wrong but it makes sense in a way.

 

[Superphil]

Try the Leon over here, makes Fosters taste like nectar in comparison.

I agree, I don't understand why anyone drinks it I'n preference to the Keo and Carlsberg, both much better IMO.

 

[cannedheat]

Will there be some 2007 Barolo for Albions and NSC Guardian reading middle class twits.

 

[Pantani]

Yes, but ... most Guinness drinkers won't ask for Murphy's.

Personally, I prefer bottled Guinness.

True, but most will drink Murphy's if offered it as an alternative. They will moan about it, but they will drink it.