Phil writes:
As Brewers law states, the quality of the beer is inversely proportional
to the price.

Hmm, I don't think I've _ever_ lived in a place where that's true...

-miles

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Miles Bader writes:

Phil writes:
As Brewers law states, the quality of the beer is inversely proportional
to the price.

Hmm, I don't think I've _ever_ lived in a place where that's true...

It is almost always true, posh hotels very rarely sell proper beer, and
if they do it use usually something bland and not very well kept. It is
usually just lager and keg beer.

Go to a local pub however and the beer will be proper, often local.

Phil

Phil writes:
Miles Bader writes:
As Brewers law states, the quality of the beer is inversely proportional
to the price.

Hmm, I don't think I've _ever_ lived in a place where that's true...

It is almost always true, posh hotels very rarely sell proper beer, and
if they do it use usually something bland and not very well kept. It is
usually just lager and keg beer.

Go to a local pub however and the beer will be proper, often local.

No doubt, but that doesn't generalize -- the cheapest beer is still
typically the nastiest (bars/pubs where the emphasis is on "get you
drunk / get in a fight").

-miles

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Miles Bader writes:

Phil writes:
Miles Bader writes:
As Brewers law states, the quality of the beer is inversely proportional
to the price.

Hmm, I don't think I've _ever_ lived in a place where that's true...

It is almost always true, posh hotels very rarely sell proper beer, and
if they do it use usually something bland and not very well kept. It is
usually just lager and keg beer.

Go to a local pub however and the beer will be proper, often local.

No doubt, but that doesn't generalize -- the cheapest beer is still
typically the nastiest (bars/pubs where the emphasis is on "get you
drunk / get in a fight").

I was refering to the price of the accomodation rather than the
beer. Some of the best places to stay are pubs that have a few rooms.
On personal trips the CAMRA Good Beer Guide has never let me down when
finding somewhere to stay.

In my experience, the price of beer doesn't vary much within a region,
and in 30 plus years of beer drinking I have never seen, let alone been
involved in a fight in a pub.

The places where the emphasis is on getting drunk usually only sell
lager or gas beer, call themselves bars and are in converted shops.

Phil

In message , at 20:21:10 on Sat, 10 Mar 2012,
Phil remarked:
As Brewers law states, the quality of the beer is inversely proportional
to the price.

Hmm, I don't think I've _ever_ lived in a place where that's true...

It is almost always true, posh hotels very rarely sell proper beer, and
if they do it use usually something bland and not very well kept. It is
usually just lager and keg beer.

Go to a local pub however and the beer will be proper, often local.

And the cheaper beer in that local pub won't be as good as the more
expensive beer.

The only general rule is that "places with a high average price" might
be serving worse beer, but even that is suspect. I went to a lovely
rural pub for lunch a couple of weeks ago, and the beer was well kept
and delicious. The only problem was they wanted £4/pint for it. A week
later I was paying under £2 a pint in a City Centre pub, for beer that
was pretty much the same quality (but certainly not noticeably better).
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Roland Perry

Roland Perry writes:

In message , at 20:21:10 on Sat, 10 Mar
2012, Phil remarked:
As Brewers law states, the quality of the beer is inversely proportional
to the price.

Hmm, I don't think I've _ever_ lived in a place where that's true...

It is almost always true, posh hotels very rarely sell proper beer, and
if they do it use usually something bland and not very well kept. It is
usually just lager and keg beer.

Go to a local pub however and the beer will be proper, often local.

And the cheaper beer in that local pub won't be as good as the more
expensive beer.

The only general rule is that "places with a high average price" might
be serving worse beer, but even that is suspect. I went to a lovely
rural pub for lunch a couple of weeks ago, and the beer was well kept
and delicious. The only problem was they wanted £4/pint for it. A week
later I was paying under £2 a pint in a City Centre pub, for beer that
was pretty much the same quality (but certainly not noticeably
better).
I probably didn't do it very well, but the price of the beer was not
what I meant. I was refering to the price of accomodation.

In my experience business hotels, which accept amex, only serve lager
and gas beer.

Phil