Sweeties, Pies and Ginger

Well I don't think I made too much of an arse of myself at the departmental Xmas night out, although I did have to explain why I'm so loud on a couple of occasions. The night started off with a quick bottle of St. Peter's Organic Ale in All Bar One, as Karen was waiting on an old Uni friend, I then proceeded to The Eagle where I had a a pint of Greene King Abbot Ale, which was in fine form. It was from that point that things started to go down hill...

One of the things that gets up my nose is the lack of good beer in restaurants, most only seem to pay attention to how much of a premium they can stick on a bottle you can buy for half the price in a supermarket. This is true of the establishment that we went to for our food, now I'm quite a fan of the Loch Fyne chain or restaurants, as I love seafood, what I'm not a fan of this their shite selection of beer.

Initially, they assume everyone in a large party will be drinking wine, so you have to butt into the inevitable, "who wants white, who wants red?" argument. "So what beer do you do then...?", to which the reply was, "Bud, Becks, Fosters and John Smith's", great I though, shite or even shiter. So I ended up having to either drink water, or John Smiths, which is quite frankly like drinking some bland tea coloured partly flavoured water.

So why is it so hard of restaurants to sell some decent beer...? It's not like I'm asking for 10 real ales on tap, just a modest selection of bottled beer. Why should I be discriminated against just because I don't drink wine, or cheap shite beer...? Find me a restaurant that sells good beer and I'll go there more often, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person who feels like this as well.