# beer pubs (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover beer pubs. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Pub Curmudgeon](https://thepubman.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-pub-curmudgeon.html) _2025-12-14 · Cooking Lager · The Pub Man_ I ’ve been pondering whether to write something on the death of the Pub Curmudgeon , whose column in the Stockport CAMRA magazine and long running blog was always a must read. Whether you agreed with his view or not, he had something interesting to say and in the age of internet blogging he had the means. With a focus on lifestyle issues as much as beer and pubs he soon developed a blog that was… ## [The inhospitality industry](https://thepubman.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-inhospitality-industry.html) _2025-11-29 · Cooking Lager · The Pub Man_ I don’t often blog but I wanted to tell the story of a pub crawl I didn’t go on. A niece of mine recently turned 18 and her weekend celebrations involved a pub crawl and house party. I can speak of the latter being a fun evening, but this is the short tale of the former. A cheeky WhatsApp informed me my niece was starting her evening out in a Wetherspoons. The app is the greatest innovation of the… ## [Pub Queues](https://thepubman.blogspot.com/2025/08/pub-queues.html) _2025-08-17 · Cooking Lager · The Pub Man_ During the Covid pandemic the hospitality industry was subject to a series of idiotic nonsensical restrictions that at the time the majority of politicians, journalists, commentators and the public vigorously supported. I would credit most of the restrictions to be well intentioned but ultimately governed by ignorance and fear with a significant degree of group think. Not mixing, touching or… ## [The Wetherspoons App is fantastic](https://thepubman.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-wetherspoons-app-is-fantastic.html) _2025-07-27 · Cooking Lager · The Pub Man_ Eating a free Big Mac I “won” on the McDonalds app has prompted this download of thoughts. Over the past couple of years a combination of factors have changed much of customer service either for the better or worse, depending on your opinion. Increasing costs of hiring minimum wage employees either via national insurance hikes or hikes to the minimum wage have prompted employers to alter those…