Brixton news, rumours and general chat: Autumn - Winter 2018-19

[editor]

last time I went to the Albert - quite some time ago now - they had no real beer on tap and I was offered draft Punk IPA at £5+ a pint. Last time, definitely.

I stick to the Amstel which is something like £4.30. Their Jager/shots deals are amazing - three for a fiver!

Funnily enough I think the Punk IPA is going to be cheaper in the Albert than in the BrewWankBar opposite. Not that I ever drink the stuff.

 

[friendofdorothy]

I stick to the Amstel which is something like £4.30. Their Jager/shots deals are amazing - three for a fiver!

yuck

 

[editor]

yuck

Better than fake punk Brewdog which is an abomination!

 

[friendofdorothy]

Better than fake punk Brewdog which is an abomination!

No better at all. Just slightly less expensive crap. We will always disagree on this.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Interestingly, the last time i was at the Beehive, this Brewdog Punk IPA was £3.49 a pint. Look and see how much it is in an actual Brew Dog bar, about £2 more, when they bloody make the stuff?!

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Interestingly, the last time i was at the Beehive, this Brewdog Punk IPA was £3.49 a pint. Look and see how much it is in an actual Brew Dog bar, about £2 more, when they bloody make the stuff?!

I bet Wetherspoons sell a lot more than they do in their own boozers. It's also heavily advertised in Wetherspoons, all the staff wear Brewdog shirts, and the place is heavy with posters. I bet Brexit boy has a sweet deal with them.

 

[editor]

I bet Wetherspoons sell a lot more than they do in their own boozers. It's also heavily advertised in Wetherspoons, all the staff wear Brewdog shirts, and the place is heavy with posters. I bet Brexit boy has a sweet deal with them.

Perfect synergy. Two cunty companies.

 

[Gramsci]

Interestingly, the last time i was at the Beehive, this Brewdog Punk IPA was £3.49 a pint. Look and see how much it is in an actual Brew Dog bar, about £2 more, when they bloody make the stuff?!

Still pricey for Beehive. I usually go for whatever they have on special offer.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

I stick to the Amstel which is something like £4.30. Their Jager/shots deals are amazing - three for a fiver!

Funnily enough I think the Punk IPA is going to be cheaper in the Albert than in the BrewWankBar opposite. Not that I ever drink the stuff.

Amstel is £3.50 at Market House even. Looked in on BrewDog today on my way home. It's so uninviting I didn't step in but could see the silly prices on the wall. They obviously designed it as an up market late night drinking den for the moneyed south london folk, mainly men.

 

[editor]

Amstel is £3.50 at Market House even. Looked in on BrewDog today on my way home. It's so uninviting I didn't step in but could see the silly prices on the wall. They obviously designed it as an up market late night drinking den for the moneyed south london folk, mainly men.

Yep. It's been very blokey when I've gone past. Market House often do Amstel for £3/pint on my DJ nights - plus free entry - to make sure it's affordable to locals. Recently, they've given a free beer/wine to people on my guest list.

As if the new businesses coming in would give a fuck about that...

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Amstel is £3.50 at Market House even. Looked in on BrewDog today on my way home. It's so uninviting I didn't step in but could see the silly prices on the wall. They obviously designed it as an up market late night drinking den for the moneyed south london folk, mainly men.

Is that not happy hour before 7pm? Even still, for those wanting a lunchtime or general day time pint, this is sensible and fair pricing.

 

[alex_]

Interestingly, the last time i was at the Beehive, this Brewdog Punk IPA was £3.49 a pint. Look and see how much it is in an actual Brew Dog bar, about £2 more, when they bloody make the stuff?!

And lower costs, the margin must be fucking massive.

 

[organicpanda]

I thought that one of the reasons Weatherspoons were able to keep the cost down and have special offers was by buying beer that was close to its sell by date

 

[editor]

This Friday Makerhood Xmas Card Making Party at the Brixton Pound Cafe, Fri 7th Dec

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

I thought that one of the reasons Weatherspoons were able to keep the cost down and have special offers was by buying beer that was close to its sell by date

I think that may just be a bit of an old fishwives tale. Or possibly that was how they operated early on when the business began.

Now its more likely they say to brewers- look, we have 800 pubs, sell us your beer really cheap as we will easily be able to shift it all and then buy more, or fuck off basically.

 

[editor]

Donations please! Winter Collection for the Homeless in front of the Brixton Ritzy, Sun 16th Dec

 

[friendofdorothy]

I was hopeful they were taking down the scaffolding and 'temp' advert cover that's all over the Prince of Wales /KFC corner. All the covering was gone on monday - the wall and windows all looked rather good as far as I could see.

But I saw them attaching an new sturdier looking cover and another advert there today.
Are they actually doing any work to the building, or is the scaffold there just to hold the valuable advert?

 

[snowy_again]

And the same happening to McDonalds this morning too, plus the PoW one now seems to be stretching to above and the ground floor of HSBC.

On a brighter note, one of the lovely, massive, pricey Lambeth Town Hall windows appears to have been broken.

 

[CH1]

I was hopeful they were taking down the scaffolding and 'temp' advert cover that's all over the Prince of Wales /KFC corner. All the covering was gone on monday - the wall and windows all looked rather good as far as I could see.

But I saw them attaching an new sturdier looking cover and another advert there today.
Are they actually doing any work to the building, or is the scaffold there just to hold the valuable advert?

An architect friend told me the scaffolding is unsuitable for building work.
I think they are doing it out of spite after Lambeth turned down the LED display in 2015:

 

[friendofdorothy]

The scaffold is really unsightly at ground level - usually on long building projects they box the lower parts.

 

[alcopop]

And the same happening to McDonalds this morning too, plus the PoW one now seems to be stretching to above and the ground floor of HSBC.

On a brighter note, one of the lovely, massive, pricey Lambeth Town Hall windows appears to have been broken.

But won’t council taxpayers end up paying for that?

 

[editor]

And here's illustrations for the current topics.



Yuck!



Looks like strike came from inside.

 

[alex_]

But won’t council taxpayers end up paying for that?

It’s ok, they’ll cut services instead.

Alex

 

[northeast]

Is this the application for the advert? If so was supposed to come down in September or 12 months from when it went up?

17/01642/ADV | Display of 1 externally illuminated decorative scaffold shroud screen advertisement comprising a 1:1 image of the building facade with an inset advertising area measuring 14m wide x 5m high, for a temporary period from 4th April 2017 to 4th September 2018. | 467 Brixton Road London SW9 8HH

 

[snowy_again]

But won’t council taxpayers end up paying for that?

We paid for it in the first place, so yes - obviously. It's just bad design that will cost more money long term.

 

[Rushy]

We paid for it in the first place, so yes - obviously. It's just bad design that will cost more money long term.

Looks like a couple of panes have stress fractures.

 

[northeast]

We paid for it in the first place, so yes - obviously. It's just bad design that will cost more money long term.

Would hope it's covered or replaced at no cost if manufacturering issue . If some idiot did it on purpose then make them pay

 

[editor]

I haven't seen a flyer as cheesy as this one for the Dogstar's NYE bash for a while. It contains no information about the music and that font.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Im on the lookout for something to do NYE, something that isnt £50 i.e Electric/Academy.

Hootanannys with The Correspondents last year was pretty decent

 

[editor]

Im on the lookout for something to do NYE, something that isnt £50 i.e Electric/Academy.

Hootanannys with The Correspondents last year was pretty decent

Well, I'm DJing the Effra Social - and it's FREE!!!