tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post4333951007731634264..comments2024-03-28T09:35:43.919+00:00Comments on Paul's Beer & Travel Blog: A Guide to Real Draught Beer in Kent 1975Paul Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-8661143445628645332016-01-12T19:39:08.986+00:002016-01-12T19:39:08.986+00:00One branch member famously turned up to the inaugu...One branch member famously turned up to the inaugural committee meeting of the “Gateway to Kent Guide”, and announced that paper guides were a thing of the past and that the future lay in electronic versions.<br /><br />We never saw him again (he’s not been missed!), but his words may have been strangely prophetic. I too, much prefer a printed guide, in the same way that I prefer a printed map; but unfortunately I think you are correct Martin, and we will see less and less physical beer guides, and more on-line versions. A shame really, as a guide you can slip in your pocket, or rucksack whilst out walking, and can then refer to in the comfort of the pub, takes a lot of beating.<br /><br />Going back to that first Kent Guide, it was definitely the case that keg and top pressure beers ruled the roost in Kent, during the mid 70’s, and London was not much better off either. Ironically, Charrington’s supplied much of the capital’s real ale; largely because the company had been slower than their main competitors to switch to keg; either that or, as some people claimed, too tight to rip the hand pumps out from their pubs! I would imagine that financial considerations were one of the reasons why Shep’s stuck with traditional dispense methods as well.<br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-70513433903642754432016-01-10T23:39:49.400+00:002016-01-10T23:39:49.400+00:00386 real ale pubs seems a pitiful percentage of th...386 real ale pubs seems a pitiful percentage of the pubs Kent must have had then Paul (c.1,500 ?). On that basis Kent (and presume London) really was a flood of keg and top-pressure in the early '70s.<br /><br />I though the 2009 Gateway to Kent guide was a gem. I suspect new branch guides are going to be a rarity now we have WhatPub, but I do miss the printed versions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com