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Micro Pubs

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Just drove through Cleveleys and in through Thornton and counted 7. 

It's the same throughout the fylde.

Has this phenomenon hit Bolton yet? 

 

Just now, gonzo said:

Just drove through Cleveleys and in through Thornton and counted 7. 

It's the same throughout the fylde.

Has this phenomenon hit Bolton yet? 

 

Yeah there’s a few around here.

Theyll be mosques by 2026

7 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Just drove through Cleveleys and in through Thornton and counted 7. 

It's the same throughout the fylde.

Has this phenomenon hit Bolton yet? 

 

Fucking loads popped up in Chorley through to Horwich over the last few years

18 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Just drove through Cleveleys and in through Thornton and counted 7. 

It's the same throughout the fylde.

Has this phenomenon hit Bolton yet? 

 

only way to make MONEY 

how much do you think it cost 

to run for a big old Building with a Pub 

unless its a spoons 

cheeper to put 6/8 flats n 

 

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2 minutes ago, little whitt said:

only way to make MONEY 

how much do you think it cost 

to run for a big old Building with a Pub 

unless its a spoons 

cheeper to put 6/8 flats n 

 

That's it mate. There's obviously still a market for pisspots. But not a big enough market for the bigger gaffs to survive without being part of a food based chain.

When our peg ran her pub the brewery were paying £28k a month rent! 

It's all good to me, nice to see businesses flourish. 

 

 

3 minutes ago, gonzo said:

That's it mate. There's obviously still a market for pisspots. But not a big enough market for the bigger gaffs to survive without being part of a food based chain.

When our peg ran her pub the brewery were paying £28k a month rent! 

It's all good to me, nice to see businesses flourish. 

 

 

Plus the Gas /Ele to heat a massive building 

sky charges how big the pub is by floor space 

Lose Lose Lose 

little bar 

two little heaters 30 punters its warm 

and 

£800-£1000 a month rent 

Win Win Win 

 

34 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Just drove through Cleveleys and in through Thornton and counted 7. 

It's the same throughout the fylde.

Has this phenomenon hit Bolton yet? 

 

Yes ask @Pablo and @DazBob

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Just now, tomski said:

Yes ask @Pablo and @DazBob

You're gonna have to start your every pub in Bolton thing again 😳

one i go in B33R 

£3.40 a pint 

Friday  10 pints £34

Sat 10 pints £34

Sun 10 pints £34

£100

Full Weekend out 

or 1/2 night out in Bolton /Mancheater 

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

You're gonna have to start your every pub in Bolton thing again 😳

Haha they defo being ticked off. The more the merrier 

22 minutes ago, tomski said:

Yes ask @Pablo and @DazBob

Craft ale wankers

2 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Craft ale wankers

😂

The pubs are decent when they are small etc. loads in and around Liverpool linked to breweries. 

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

Just drove through Cleveleys and in through Thornton and counted 7. 

It's the same throughout the fylde.

Has this phenomenon hit Bolton yet? 

 

Monton, now named Monton Carlo by the locals has about half dozen charging around £5-6 a pint and they’re always rammed. 

for some reason I always had a micro pub down as being a micro brewery, i.e they brewed on the premises like Rivvy or Brewery Bar

but if the likes of B33R in Horwich are micro pubs, is the definition just a premises that used to be a shop or something that's been converted?

Yep, Athy has a few now, not a bad night out (so I'm told)

25 minutes ago, Zico said:

for some reason I always had a micro pub down as being a micro brewery, i.e they brewed on the premises like Rivvy or Brewery Bar

but if the likes of B33R in Horwich are micro pubs, is the definition just a premises that used to be a shop or something that's been converted?

Id have gone with your definition but

 

 

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So basically, if there's space to swing a cat, it's not a micropub.

*No cats were harmed in this post

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8 hours ago, tomski said:

Yes ask @Pablo and @DazBob

Was in there NYE. Actually met he who spawned @Pablo. To be fair he seemed a lovely fella 🙂

6 hours ago, Casino said:

Id have gone with your definition but

 

 

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Oh yes - been there. Must go back now I live here. Loads near us, they're ok; Tankerton Arms is nice if anyone is in the area

1 hour ago, jayjayoghani said:

Was in there NYE. Actually met he who spawned @Pablo. To be fair he seemed a lovely fella 🙂

His dads a great bloke.

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10 hours ago, Zico said:

for some reason I always had a micro pub down as being a micro brewery, i.e they brewed on the premises like Rivvy or Brewery Bar

but if the likes of B33R in Horwich are micro pubs, is the definition just a premises that used to be a shop or something that's been converted?

I just thought 

Micro=Small

Pub=Pub

Small Pub. Micro Pub.

A little tiny Pub. 

 

11 hours ago, royal white said:

Monton, now named Monton Carlo by the locals has about half dozen charging around £5-6 a pint and they’re always rammed. 

went in that new place 'the garden' yesterday for brekkie, smart gaff

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

I just thought 

Micro=Small

Pub=Pub

Small Pub. Micro Pub.

A little tiny Pub. 

 

I think I'd only really heard the term micro breweries which generally have a bar as well

Always thought of what appears to be a micro pub as just a bar

Like Sam's bar in Horwich 

Never heard the circus tavern referred to as micro and that's fucking tiny 

And shit 

I suppose the Circus Tavern was a bit of a one-off, so no need for a name.

With them now having been shooting up everywhere for the last few years they needed a specific name, especially for the hipsters.

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