tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2396204660331057802.post2941780800059103096..comments2024-01-02T00:13:16.771-08:00Comments on When My Feet Go Through the Door: Forty years of beer on filmMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00387170913578542671noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2396204660331057802.post-46675377469420686742019-03-19T03:33:11.823-07:002019-03-19T03:33:11.823-07:00On Michael Jackson and Camra - they had a big fall...On Michael Jackson and Camra - they had a big falling-out with each other, because Michael wanted to write about the interesting stuff going on in world beer in his What's Brewing column, and the membership apparently complained – they only wanted to read about cask ale …Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2396204660331057802.post-48595735217515940112019-03-19T03:31:08.975-07:002019-03-19T03:31:08.975-07:00"the rise of pub companies was, I think, anti..."the rise of pub companies was, I think, anticipated by no one" - it was predicted by a right-wing economist called Arthur Seldon as far back as 1950, as the inevitable result of the rise of national beer brands (see Cornell, "Beer: The Story of the Pint", 2003, pp232-3). All that delayed it was the fact that the big brewers had so much capital tied up in their pubs: as soon as the Beer Orders weakened the economic imperative to own your outlets, the two sides of the business sprang apart, as Seldon had predicted they would. Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2396204660331057802.post-39097176174066873672019-02-07T03:23:42.819-08:002019-02-07T03:23:42.819-08:00CAMRA's support for the Beer Orders is a good ...CAMRA's support for the Beer Orders is a good example of how it is capable of serious misjudgements. CAMRA thought we'd end up with loads of free houses capable of selling any beers they chose. To be fair to CAMRA, the rise of pub companies was, I think, anticipated by no one, and the financial crash of 2007-2008 demonstrated the serious weakness in their business model, the success of which was dependant on continuing economic growth.RedNevhttps://rednev-rearm.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com