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Posted by Unregistered User yellowmustard at 14:19, 8th Mar |
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Gin House
Does anybody know what's going on with it?
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Posted by Jono at 14:29, 8th Mar |
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They're still working on it by the looks of things. I had a peek in there last week. They seem to be furnishing the walls with wooden paneling. It looks a lot brighter than before!
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Posted by trouble at 15:05, 8th Mar |
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Posted by Hennessy at 17:33, 8th Mar |
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I used to work in a wetherspoons. Do you know their policy is to buy up all the unsold stocks of major brewers that are about to go out of date and sell them on to the customer? I've seen beer that should have been chucked out go into pint glasses for the unsuspecting punters. Plus it was a fairly busy place so nobody ever used to clean the lines, a fairly disgusting and cut-price affair, and they pay their employees next to nothing. Could turn into ned central (if StA had any real neds)
"What happened to Spoon?"
"There is no Spoon"
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Posted by Fawksie at 17:36, 8th Mar |
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Quoting trouble from 15:05, 8th Mar 2008
the word on the street is that it's either going to be a wetherspoons or be like a wetherspoons. It's not going to be a Wetherspoons. Christ forbid they ever get a foot in the door here. Although Belhaven have tried their very best to make Drouthy Neebors into one, the food all seems to be shipped in, they have drinks offers, even the menu cards on the tables are identical to Wetherspoons. The Gin House has been bought by Maclay Inns, who own the West Port and Victoria Café, so if anything it'll be similar to those. You know, like half the other pubs in St Andrews nowadays.
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Posted by Hennessy at 17:46, 8th Mar |
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Fair enough. Westport is a rip-off and Victoria Cafe isn't the dark, grimy kind of pub I like best, so in my eyes it'll be exactly like the old gin house, a place to avoid.
"What happened to Spoon?"
"There is no Spoon"
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Posted by Lid at 02:46, 9th Mar |
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Quoting Hennessy from 17:33, 8th Mar 2008
Do you know their policy is to buy up all the unsold stocks of major brewers that are about to go out of date and sell them on to the customer? Yes. In CAMRA circles, this is well known. However, conversely, I've never had a pint that's been over-vented or badly kept at a Wetherspoon's. This is because, I've generally found, that JDW can shift a lot of a local brew at their local outlet (minimal beer miles, a policy endorsed by CAMRA), thus something with a week left (that's their standard measure) can go within a day, because they sell it so cheaply. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather have a pint of well kept beer from an unusual brewery in pastures afar, but in the other sense, I don't want brews to go to waste, especially from my local brewer, that'd be a shame indeed. So yes, JDW may be the spawn of Satan, but they keep many local craft brewers in a job, due to their spindle system of distribution - something I wholly endorse.
Mathematical Anti Telharsic Harfatum Septomin
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Posted by rob 'f*ck off' wine boy at 06:47, 9th Mar |
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God save the Queen
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Posted by Bizarre Atheist at 10:06, 9th Mar |
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Quoting Lid from 02:46, 9th Mar 2008Quoting Hennessy from 17:33, 8th Mar 2008
Do you know their policy is to buy up all the unsold stocks of major brewers that are about to go out of date and sell them on to the customer? Yes. In CAMRA circles, this is well known. However, conversely, I've never had a pint that's been over-vented or badly kept at a Wetherspoon's. This is because, I've generally found, that JDW can shift a lot of a local brew at their local outlet (minimal beer miles, a policy endorsed by CAMRA), thus something with a week left (that's their standard measure) can go within a day, because they sell it so cheaply. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather have a pint of well kept beer from an unusual brewery in pastures afar, but in the other sense, I don't want brews to go to waste, especially from my local brewer, that'd be a shame indeed. So yes, JDW may be the spawn of Satan, but they keep many local craft brewers in a job, due to their spindle system of distribution - something I wholly endorse.
Mathematical Anti Telharsic Harfatum Septomin How terribly complicated and enormously fascinating. Seriously. I thought I knew things about beer but clearly I'm very much uninformed!
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Posted by Unregistered User euch at 21:05, 8th Mar |
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Deleted: 2008-03-09 22:56:53
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Posted by Unregistered User . at 03:27, 9th Mar |
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The Vic has been bought by G1. It will be closing soon for a refurbishment and it is going upmarket. The Gin House has indeed been bought by maclays and is due to open around easter after a major refurbishment. |
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Posted by Unregistered User Nicky at 04:12, 9th Mar |
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As said the Gin House was aquired by Maclay Inns three months past and is due to be re launched on the 31st of this month under the new name "The Rule". A huge opening night is planned with D.J's from the soul cellar creating the music.An entirely new look is to be found inside with a traditional and contemporary feel (anybody remember Ogstons?) exposed wooden beams and a new conservatory area and extensive beer garden to the rear.All in all a very exciting prospect for 2008.
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Posted by Unregistered User colouredcondiment at 22:54, 22nd Mar |
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Woohoo! I can't wait til the 31st when we have a new pub! And I hear that it's really nice inside now - a lot different from when it was the Gin House. OMG, have you heard about the deals they are going to have??
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Posted by thePontificator at 18:01, 23rd Mar |
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OMG it's almost like free advertising!
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Posted by JohnMac at 19:24, 23rd Mar |
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What are the deals going to be?
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Posted by Unregistered User Pie at 19:27, 23rd Mar |
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Deleted: 2008-03-24 23:35:49
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Posted by Unregistered User The Rule barstaff at 21:36, 23rd Mar |
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Deleted: 2008-03-24 23:36:40
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Posted by box_of_delights at 11:30, 25th Mar |
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I'll look forward to seeing what they do to this place, or at least hope someone has some photos or reports of it. When I was in first year I think it was in its infancy as the Gin House and had just changed from being Ogstons a few weeks previously. It was, however, a bit of a "place to be" during those first couple of years, with the U2 Tuesday promo with free Baileys and Guinness. I loved those days. Shame that in the last couple of years it became a bit of a dive with hardly anyone but some scary looking locals propping up the bar.
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Posted by Nelson at 15:40, 25th Mar |
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Why has the post with the new deals been deleted? Surely this was of interest to most of the student population of St Andrews.
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Posted by munchingfoo at 16:53, 25th Mar |
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It wasn't me - my guess is Oli wanted them to pay for advertising 
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