[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Bass Ale has been around since 1777 and is my all time favorite. It’s still brewed in the UK, but isn’t widely distributed in the USA anymore and is almost impossible to find. I used to love ordering a big ass glass of bass. All of those dam supper hoppy local craft brews have squeezed out the availability of good old English, Scottish, and German beers : (

I don't normally drink Bass but was surprised to find it was no longer available. One of my favorites is Boddington's but it too has all but disappeared.

There are more and more small breweries turning out good beer. It has to be hard to try to have everyone's local favorite on tap, find room for the excellent standards from outside the US, and also have something for the Bud/Millers/Coors drinkers.

[Normal]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Sometimes it is fun to discover "a blast from the past " in the form of a food or drink that was part of your past life…. Old joys and old sorrows come back, floating up from the bottom of a bottle or a glass. Memories! 🫠🫠🫠

And now World of Beer

[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

Thanks for the education on bankruptcy. But bankruptcy involves a re structuring plan - and if you’ve ever been to the WOB in Brownwood, you would see it is not a well performing location.
It will get re-structured out of existence. They’ve been in Brownwood for at least 4 years, they might have had a 5/6 year lease -so writing it off will help the restructure.

I've been there many times when you could not find a seat. Not sure what is needed to qualify as "a well performing location." We shall see.

[justjim]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

Thanks for the education on bankruptcy. But bankruptcy involves a re structuring plan - and if you’ve ever been to the WOB in Brownwood, you would see it is not a well performing location.
It will get re-structured out of existence. They’ve been in Brownwood for at least 4 years, they might have had a 5/6 year lease -so writing it off will help the restructure.

There have been several tries to re-structure some of the bankruptcy laws but to no end. In another life, I saw time after time where top executives took down very large salaries for several years with the final plan to bankrupt the company in the end. Employees and creditors got “screwed”, millions are made, and life goes on. Yes, mostly all legal.

You have to know how to work the system at the top of the economic ladder just like some who know how to do the same at the bottom of the economic ladder. Then us folks somewhere in the economic middle wonder why our taxes are so high. Still we are fortunate to live in the best Country on the planet. Fore!

[Hape2Bhr]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Sometimes it is fun to discover "a blast from the past " in the form of a food or drink that was part of your past life. For example, when I was in the Navy, I found myself in many far away places. Beer and the unique flavors and labels can evoke memories of old times and friends that shared your life, for better or worse, for a time. Old joys and old sorrows come back, floating up from the bottom of a bottle or a glass. Memories! 🫠🫠🫠

Any chance one of those memories was created by San Miguel in Rota, Spain. (Not the same as from the Philippines.)

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Originally Posted by Hape2Bhr

Any chance one of those memories was created by San Miguel in Rota, Spain. (Not the same as from the Philippines.)

Cadiz province’s specialty has nothing on the Philippine version with Shanghai lumpia and BBQ pork sticks.

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I've been going to WoB Brownwood since I first arrived in 2018. I don't go there as often lately - it's been hard to find a seat.

I hope it survives. WoB has the best (only?) rotating selection of craft beer available by golf cart.

You can actually get to The Sunny Pint on 44 by golf cart. It ain't easy, but it can be done. You can also park in the lot just east of there and walk across the grassy area if you don't want to drive on the bumpy path at the end.

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by Marathon Man

I've been there many times when you could not find a seat. Not sure what is needed to qualify as "a well performing location." We shall see.

Wow, the times I’ve been past (I won’t eat there anymore) it’s been a ghost town, even the outside bar.

[Blueblaze]

Well, I'm happy to learn it wasn't just our World of Beer, and probably had nothing to do with the other Spanish closures.

To be honest, I was always a little disappointed with the beer selection at every World of Beer I've been to. It was mostly just bottled beer. But the overhead of maintaining a huge variety of craft beers must have been staggering, even just bottles. It's a tough business model, and the craft beer craze has about run its course. I guess it was inevitable.

[valuemkt]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

Looks like we are losing 2 more restaurants

World of Beer filed for bankruptcy

Restaurant that was one of the fastest growing in America just ten years ago files for bankruptcy | Daily Mail Online

I was just at the Brownwood WOB a week ago Monday for their special and had the best service and burger that I've ever had there. Food was out quick, which was previously a rarity

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

We liked WoB. It was on our "rotation" of places to go when the cousins visited. I liked the black+blue steak flatbread or the burgers. Not a beer drinker though.

[FloridaGuy66]

WoB at Brownwood was very good most of the time. The Monday burger was a great value as well. Hopefully they survive bankruptcy.

While most of the food was good, it certainly wasn't one the more efficiently run places that I've seen. It was funny that the place would be jam packed sometimes with a lineup of people out the door, but at the same time half of the tables are just waiting for their bill to come, or a table to be bussed.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by FloridaGuy66

WoB at Brownwood was very good most of the time. The Monday burger was a great value as well. Hopefully they survive bankruptcy.

While most of the food was good, it certainly wasn't one the more efficiently run places that I've seen. It was funny that the place would be jam packed sometimes with a lineup of people out the door, but at the same time half of the tables are just waiting for their bill to come, or a table to be bussed.

The slow service was the part we didn't like, at all. We tip people based on service, not quality of food. They usually got the minimum 15% tip. It wasn't horrible - but they did the bare minimum, and so that's what they earned.

Often the bartender wouldn't even acknowledge that the waitress was waiting for drinks to bring to our table and we'd wait 10 minutes for him to make it. Even if it wasn't busy and everyone at the bar had already been served.

[MorTech]

American beer is like having sex in a canoe...It is effing close to water

No Eisboch so don't bother. Hefe is like drinking bread.

[RICH1]

Originally Posted by blueash

I'm going to guess you didn't get to the end of the report you cited. It clearly says they are not going out of business. Bankruptcy is a legal maneuver to restructure or eliminate debt while attempting to find a more successful path forward.

slow death...looking forward to a new business targeting the 55 plus community.