Tag Archive: beer


Guinness Red’s Ts&Cs

At the Student’s Union a week or so back I picked up a leaflet which turned out to be a coupon for a half pint of Guinness Red. On the reverse were the terms and conditions which contained this line;

“Please do not attempt to redeem against any other product as refusal to accept may cause embarrassment and delay”.

Click here to see it for yourself. I love that they thought it was worth putting on the leaflet. I just hope this isn’t part of the ‘warning! this coffee may be hot’, corporate culture; you now have to warn people that they might embarrass themselves. Maybe their new pint glasses will read, ‘warning! the contents of this glass may result in an awkward trip to the doctor for your best mate’s sister’.

Wetherspoons to Introduce £0.99 Pint!

It’s officialWetherspoons is going to introduce the 99p pint! Now, before you get too excited; only that price for a pint of a beer called ‘Greene King IPA‘ (not one I have any experience with), they’ll also be cutting the price on a bottle of San Miguel to the same 99p, something I’m sure the girls out there will be happy with; although at those prices you might be expected to bring your own lime wedge!  lol

Greene King IPA

In fact with the newly increased cost of a coffee in Barista from 99p to £1.05 I’m happy to enjoy a beer with my meetings from now on!; “Naked DJ’s on KUBE is a great idea *hickup* we just need Neb to get the new webcam working.. *belch*, have you got a pound? I’ve run out of beer and I have a lecture at 3pm..”

They’re also introducing £2.99 meals which means I now know exactly what I’m doing every weekend once I get back to uni! An evening in the pub for a fiver? I’ll be a happy lad; beats the £15 equivalent in my local and that’s if we’re just talking beer!

Naturally the alcohol charities are doing their usual complaining but I’d argue that for students at least the main priority is beer anyway; with these lower prices some of us might be able to afford vegetables as well as beer now which would be nice!