Plans to replace the traditional pint glass with one made of shatter-proof plastic will not be accepted by drinkers, the pub industry has warned.The Home Office has commissioned a new design, in an attempt to stop glasses being used as weapons. Official figures show 5,500 people are attacked with glasses and bottles every year in England and Wales. The British Beer and Pub Association said it did not want the new plastic glasses to be made compulsory. Neil Williams from the association said he was concerned that drinkers would notice a drop in quality. "For the drinker, the pint glass feels better, it has a nice weight and the drink coats the glass nicely. That's why people go out for a drink, to have a nice experience."
Plans to replace the traditional pint glass with one made of shatter-proof plastic will not be accepted by drinkers, the pub industry has warned.
The Home Office has commissioned a new design, in an attempt to stop glasses being used as weapons.
Official figures show 5,500 people are attacked with glasses and bottles every year in England and Wales.
The British Beer and Pub Association said it did not want the new plastic glasses to be made compulsory.
Neil Williams from the association said he was concerned that drinkers would notice a drop in quality.
"For the drinker, the pint glass feels better, it has a nice weight and the drink coats the glass nicely. That's why people go out for a drink, to have a nice experience."
Some goon glassing another in front of you is a "nice experience".
(I seem to remember this change was talked about years ago. Apparently nothing came of it.)
So, changing the material in the "glass" probably won't reduce the problem that much. Plastic bottles will have to be supplied as well which won't be popular with the suppliers.
Personally I'd create a legal requirement taxation scheme to increase the hop rate in beer. Hops are a soporific, so the more they drink of high hop content beer, the more docile they become. keep to the Fen Causeway
So we've sorted the lager/beer.
Now what should we do with wine and spirits? Ad astra per aspera
