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6p a pint anyone
Posted: 29 May 2022, 10:41am
by PedallingSquares
It's been widely reported that Greene King will be offering it's IPA at 6p a pint on 30/05/22 for the Jubilee
Unfortunately it's only one per customer
Pity there aren't a few Greene King pubs within walking distance
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 29 May 2022, 11:19am
by Paulatic
Shouldn’t that be 6d?
Nearest GK to me is 20 ml according to their website. Don’t think I’ll bother
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 29 May 2022, 11:24am
by audaxjk
100 pints of your finest please Landlord!
What has Tim Martin got to say about this?
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 29 May 2022, 11:34am
by thirdcrank
Paulatic wrote: ↑29 May 2022, 11:19am
Shouldn’t that be 6d?
Nearest GK to me is 20 ml according to their website. Don’t think I’ll bother
Well spotted, but all the publicity seems to say 6p. To trot out one of my hobbyhorses, local publicity includes a pic of QEII looking at a pint of draught Guinness - the origin of a pint of beer including a lot of froth.
https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-le ... p-24084128
I doubt Boris Johnson is going to turn back the clock to the days when one pint = one pint, rigorously enforced by inspectors of weights and measures.
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 29 May 2022, 5:58pm
by sjs
PedallingSquares wrote: ↑29 May 2022, 10:41am
It's been widely reported that Greene King will be offering it's IPA at 6p a pint on 30/05/22 for the Jubilee
Unfortunately it's only one per customer
Pity there aren't a few Greene King pubs within walking distance
Lots of Greene King round here. But I've never really liked their IPA. Abbot is a different kettle of fish.
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 29 May 2022, 11:48pm
by PedallingSquares
sjs wrote: ↑29 May 2022, 5:58pm
PedallingSquares wrote: ↑29 May 2022, 10:41am
It's been widely reported that Greene King will be offering it's IPA at 6p a pint on 30/05/22 for the Jubilee
Unfortunately it's only one per customer
Pity there aren't a few Greene King pubs within walking distance
Lots of Greene King round here. But I've never really liked their IPA. Abbot is a different kettle of fish.
I don't think Abbott is on offer
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 1 Jun 2022, 10:56am
by PedallingSquares
So did anyone take up the offer?
I went to my local GK hostilliery and eventually had 5 pints of GK-IPA!
There was little take-up,it was mid-afternoon and I know the barstaff quite well,so I spent 30p!
I've not been in to see what the evening trade was like.
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 1 Jun 2022, 11:03am
by thirdcrank
I'm not going back to dig out the links to the publicity, but last I heard, they'd been notified that reducing the price to 6p was illegal, although it didn't say why, so they were giving it away instead. It was always the case that the offer was only for one pint - the password being 1952.
If some staff have been more generous, perhaps it's a sign of ignorance. Or indifference
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 1 Jun 2022, 12:26pm
by sjs
thirdcrank wrote: ↑1 Jun 2022, 11:03am
I'm not going back to dig out the links to the publicity, but last I heard, they'd been notified that reducing the price to 6p was illegal, although it didn't say why, so they were giving it away instead. It was always the case that the offer was only for one pint - the password being 1952.
If some staff have been more generous, perhaps it's a sign of ignorance. Or indifference
Or friendship
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 1 Jun 2022, 12:38pm
by PedallingSquares
thirdcrank wrote: ↑1 Jun 2022, 11:03am
I'm not going back to dig out the links to the publicity, but last I heard, they'd been notified that reducing the price to 6p was illegal, although it didn't say why, so they were giving it away instead. It was always the case that the offer was only for one pint - the password being 1952.
If some staff have been more generous, perhaps it's a sign of ignorance. Or indifference
So technically I could ask for my 30p back!
(I won't obviously
)
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 1 Jun 2022, 12:40pm
by thirdcrank
FWIW, it's occurred to me that the illegality of 6p a pint on beer stems from the fact that alcohol duty is levied at a rate per pint based on alcohol volume (ABV) unlike VAT which is levied as %age of the price.
AIUI, the boozers concerned belong to GK and are managed houses. It's not the staff's beer to give away
https://www.gov.uk/tax-on-shopping/alcohol-tobacco
Re: 6p a pint anyone
Posted: 1 Jun 2022, 12:46pm
by Audax67
Aye, in the words of Charlie Mops the King of Hops it's "only 2½d a pint and two and four in tax".