Southamptons Beer festival

[qwertySFC]

Sounds like good fun a traditional German 3 day beer festival in Southampton June 2011 - take a look here - Buy your ticket and get free house beer all day apparently

 

website http://marshenterprise.com/beerfest.html

 

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181886295178452

Edited 18 March, 2011 by qwertySFC

[Weston Super Saint]

Hmmmm.

 

If it truly is in conjunction with Southampton City Council, then they could be opening themselves up for a whole heap of trouble.

 

Personally, I wouldn't pay for a ticket just yet, as what they are advertising is now illegal!

 

See here : http://www.accesstrainingconsultancy.co.uk/view/2083

 

I guess it would be covered under at least two of the principles :

 

1. Drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit.

2. Provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or discounted fee to the public.

 

Basically charging a fixed fee for an 'all you can drink' session is classed as irresponsible alcohol sales and not permitted. I can't see the police - who are responsible for giving the OK to the event - giving this the thumbs up.....

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

Hmmmm.

 

If it truly is in conjunction with Southampton City Council, then they could be opening themselves up for a whole heap of trouble.

 

Personally, I wouldn't pay for a ticket just yet, as what they are advertising is now illegal!

 

See here : http://www.accesstrainingconsultancy.co.uk/view/2083

 

 

 

I guess it would be covered under at least two of the principles :

 

1. Drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit.

2. Provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or discounted fee to the public.

 

Basically charging a fixed fee for an 'all you can drink' session is classed as irresponsible alcohol sales and not permitted. I can't see the police - who are responsible for giving the OK to the event - giving this the thumbs up.....

 

From their terms and conditions:

 

14. In compliance with the Licensing Act 2003 a limit is placed on the quantities of alcohol sold as retail at the Festival as part of the price of the ticket. This limit is a maximum of 20 (twenty) units of alcohol (One unit equals 8 grams or 10 millilitres, so a half pint of beer with an Alcohol By Volume (ABV) of 3.6% equals approximately one unit of alcohol).

[Scummer]

From their terms and conditions:

 

14. In compliance with the Licensing Act 2003 a limit is placed on the quantities of alcohol sold as retail at the Festival as part of the price of the ticket. This limit is a maximum of 20 (twenty) units of alcohol (One unit equals 8 grams or 10 millilitres, so a half pint of beer with an Alcohol By Volume (ABV) of 3.6% equals approximately one unit of alcohol).

 

So you'd get 10 pints for your £40. Think I'll give it a miss.

[SO16_Saint]

so what do you get for your £40??

[dubai_phil]

so what do you get for your £40??

 

Toughie, but sounds like 10 pints.

 

Bargain for us down here where it's 6 quid a pint on a good day

[hamster]

So how many units do you get for your £40?

[SuperMikey]

The matey that's organising it came into my place of work while I was working and gave me some posters to put up - he said he's had all kinds of trouble organising it and has had to be very specific about what he can offer and what he can advertise the festival as. However, he said that the city council have been quite co-operative in helping him, so I would expect it to go ahead. There's a special student tariff for this event of £29.99 as well.

 

Oh, and there will be women in lederhosen as well apparently.

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

The matey that's organising it came into my place of work while I was working and gave me some posters to put up - he said he's had all kinds of trouble organising it and has had to be very specific about what he can offer and what he can advertise the festival as. However, he said that the city council have been quite co-operative in helping him, so I would expect it to go ahead. There's a special student tariff for this event of £29.99 as well.

 

Oh, and there will be women in lederhosen as well apparently.

 

At £4 a pint I'd expect them out of the lederhosen...

[SuperMikey]

I suspect this would be satisfactory:

 

Edited 19 March, 2011 by SuperMikey

[Guest Dark Sotonic Mills]

I suspect this would be satisfactory:

 

 

You know you're getting old when you look at the beer first...

[Weston Super Saint]

From their terms and conditions:

 

14. In compliance with the Licensing Act 2003 a limit is placed on the quantities of alcohol sold as retail at the Festival as part of the price of the ticket. This limit is a maximum of 20 (twenty) units of alcohol (One unit equals 8 grams or 10 millilitres, so a half pint of beer with an Alcohol By Volume (ABV) of 3.6% equals approximately one unit of alcohol).

 

Which leaves point 1. Drink a quantity of alcohol in a time limit.

 

I'm not sure about the specifics of the law, but I'm guessing the police won't be too happy with 100s of people drinking a minimum [i assume they can buy more when the vouchers run out] of 10 pints in 6 hours or so....

 

I appreciate a lot of people can and do do this every weekend, but the law has moved the onus onto the designated person to be a 'responsible' retailer.

 

As a licencee, I'd steer well clear of a promotion like this, 'just in case'.

[ericofarabia]

You know you're getting old when you look at the beer first...

 

What beer ..... oh yeah I see it now .... even if it is only lager FFS .... good head though and she is defo getting another pearl necklace.