Cotteridge Wines Convention VI

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Thought I’d post this separately to the above ramblings.

If it goes ahead at Cotts can I suggest people put in £5 - £10 to participate… however that would work. They’ve allowed Rateberians to use the premises for however many years ago could give something back.

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Given how many high profile events have been postponed recently I would love this to go ahead but I fear it will go like the other events and be postponed.

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Or we all spend say £30/40 + in the shop … I know many folks do but not all

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I always buy a few beers, on-tap before the tasting and for taking home; doubt it’s ever been over £30:00 though.

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Of course…could do both.

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I’m not dictating a set spend limit … just suggesting to purchase more than you normally do in the shop to bump up their takings

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I am sure most of us will buy a few items for home consumption and something on-tap before the ‘official opening’ time. Doesn’t take many purchases to get up to £30:00 these days!

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Two cans when I didn’t look at the prices in Cask & Kitchen. Of course, that is Pimlico.

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Shitty death, how big were they?

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Just two 440ml. An interboro Porter and an Evil Twin Impy Stout.

They do 10 - 20% off on takeaways too!

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Glad I live in the shires, but I suspect they wouldn’t have been much cheaper here in the Midlands. We seem to be catching up price wise, if you go to ‘hip’ craft outlets in Birmingham.

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I’m assuming this will not go ahead now. Do we need to consider a date after the summer? September?

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I’d say unlikely this will go ahead in June but no point scoping out a new date quite yet … let the coming weeks / (months?) play out first.

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Cotteridge have got in touch with me today to tell me they are regrettably cancelling the event, but as suggested postponing it till September could be an option. Sorry guys

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@RichTheVillan Bugger!

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That’s a shame, but I’m not surprised. I can’t imagine much is going to happen until late summer at the earliest. Gonna be a long few months.

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As you say shame but not a surprise

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@RichTheVillan, any chance you could start the ball rolling for a date in Sep/Oct?

There will be so few of us we could easily stay meters apart and make sure we sanitise our glasses and bottles as we pass the beers along.

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PS. I am taking one of my beers that I set aside for this to a tasting next Monday, so I will have to find something else to bring if it happens.

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Not sure it’s wise to plan into Sep/Oct … schools back, second lockdown etc

Probs best wait a year

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Hi Jezza, Hope you are well?

This is very unlikely to happen Cotteridge are offering very limited public drinking now. They have cancelled all events they had planned, so I think we will just hope the siutation is better next year as these tasting event are fun.

RTV