{"id":1975,"date":"2021-09-28T18:42:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T18:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2021-09-29T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:31:15","slug":"letters-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/09\/28\/letters-september-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters &#8211; September 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All readers \u2013 not just CAMRA members\u2013 are invited to submit letters for publication to London Drinker but please remember that the letters column is intended for debate and constructive criticism. The editor reserves the right not to print any contributions that are otherwise. Please e-mail letters to: <a href=\"mailto:ldnews.hedger@gmail.com\">ldnews.hedger@gmail.com<\/a>, and state \u2018letter for publication\u2019 so as to avoid any misunderstandings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DELIVERY&nbsp;PROBLEMS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have read press reports that Wetherspoon\u2019s pubs have been suffering from shortages of various beers. However, as they are of Coors, Carling and Bud Light, this is hardly a great tragedy. Perhaps drinkers of these beers might try real ale instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Colin<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Price<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: the <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.morningadvertiser.co.uk\/Article\/2021\/09\/02\/Has-JD-Wetherspoon-run-out-of-beer\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.morningadvertiser.co.uk\/Article\/2021\/09\/02\/Has-JD-Wetherspoon-run-out-of-beer\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Advertiser<\/a><\/em> included\u00a0a\u00a0quote\u00a0from\u00a0a\u00a0spokesman\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0Molson\u00a0Coors\u00a0Beverage Company, \u201c<em>While overall our\u00a0availability is good, there are intermittent\u00a0pockets of pressure in our supply network\u00a0that are unfortunately affecting a number\u00a0of JDW pubs.\u00a0We\u2019re working around the\u00a0clock with our customers and third-party\u00a0logistics partners to ensure we minimise\u00a0any\u00a0impact\u00a0to\u00a0our\u00a0customers<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Old-Wheatsheaf-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Old-Wheatsheaf-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Old-Wheatsheaf-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Old-Wheatsheaf-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Old-Wheatsheaf-1083x1536.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Old-Wheatsheaf.jpg 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All readers \u2013 not just CAMRA members\u2013 are invited to submit letters for publication to London Drinker but please remember that the letters column is intended for debate and constructive&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2223,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions\/2223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}