General - The Last Sunday Afternoon in the Riser
On arriving at the Riser at around 4 in the afternoon I witnessed the wreckage of the night before. Not physical wreckage but people determined to have a final few beers knowing that really they were in no state to.
The prices of the beers both bottled an cask had dropped by over half in an effort to clear the shelves and this was definitely achieved with the cask offerings. When these had been depleted we set to with a will on the stronger Belgium and other continental bottled products.
As befitted the sombreness of the occasion a huge thunderstorm broke at around 6 forcing most of the more feeble punters inside the building. It was rather strange watching fittings and fixtures being loaded on to a van as we drank our last few ales under Dave and Ruth’s management.
The time of shutting up finally came around and Dave and Ruth made a short speech after which they were both overcome with tears as the 50 or so of us sang the theme song from the TV hit cheers. Rather than chuck out they basically let us have a free for all at the beers and wines ETC left and I finally staggered home around 10 knowing that I would regret my actions first thing on Monday. Oh I did pull a pint or at least attempt the poring of one behind the bar before I was removed.
So what of the Riser now. Well I’ll give Young’s a chance. They are still going to let us have dogs in the pub, keep it none smoking and have some good ales on tap though mainly from the young’s stable. They have also mentioned Thatcher’s cider and one or two continental beers .
What of Dave and Ruth? I’m unsure at the moment, plans are being whispered around Epsom and if I have anymore information I’ll print it on the blog.
The prices of the beers both bottled an cask had dropped by over half in an effort to clear the shelves and this was definitely achieved with the cask offerings. When these had been depleted we set to with a will on the stronger Belgium and other continental bottled products.
As befitted the sombreness of the occasion a huge thunderstorm broke at around 6 forcing most of the more feeble punters inside the building. It was rather strange watching fittings and fixtures being loaded on to a van as we drank our last few ales under Dave and Ruth’s management.
The time of shutting up finally came around and Dave and Ruth made a short speech after which they were both overcome with tears as the 50 or so of us sang the theme song from the TV hit cheers. Rather than chuck out they basically let us have a free for all at the beers and wines ETC left and I finally staggered home around 10 knowing that I would regret my actions first thing on Monday. Oh I did pull a pint or at least attempt the poring of one behind the bar before I was removed.
So what of the Riser now. Well I’ll give Young’s a chance. They are still going to let us have dogs in the pub, keep it none smoking and have some good ales on tap though mainly from the young’s stable. They have also mentioned Thatcher’s cider and one or two continental beers .
What of Dave and Ruth? I’m unsure at the moment, plans are being whispered around Epsom and if I have anymore information I’ll print it on the blog.
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