The importance of pubs for British people is equivalent to café for Americans or tea house for Chinese people.  Pub is one of the most important and typical elements of British culture.

For British people, pub is a not only a place for friends to gather together to enjoy their leisure time but also they can bring their family members, even little kids. Atmosphere in the pubs are always friendly in the afternoon. Most pubs in the UK allow children to come in accompanied by an adult. However, children are not allow in after 6:30pm.  In China, pubs are welcomed by young people. They often go there to meet friends and have drinks together. Family members often go to other places to have fun, such as café, restaurant, tea house or farmland.

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With the development of society, pub has become an indispensable part of British people’s life, attracting people of all walk. Based on the interview we conducted,some reasons can be concluded to explain the booming phenomenon.

Historically, men , who were overburdened with working and family pressure,were the main customers . For those bread winners, pubs to some extent became an ideal place for them to get immersed in self-moment,free from family chaos. Continue reading

Almost everyone in Britain loves an “Olde Worlde” pub with its oak beams, horse brasses and roaring log fires, which represents the past. In fact, no matter how old the pub itself, the name on the sign outside is probably the most historic thing about the place. The signs depict everything, from battles to inventions, from sporting heroes to royalty.  For example, the Black, White, Red and Golden Lions have formed part of the royal coat of arms since the time of the Norman Conquest. The Unicorn was in the Scottish arms, the Red Dragon in the Welsh and the White Horse in the Hanoverian. The Rising Sun was the badge of Edward III.

The idea of the pub sign came to Britain at the time of the Roman invasion. Wine bars ( called ‘Tabernae’) in ancient Rome hung bunches of vine leaves outside as trading signs but when the Romans came to the UK, they could hardly find any vine leaves due to the inhospitable climate. Instead, they hung up bushes to mark out the inns and the names Bush or Bull & Bush still survive as pub names. Continue reading

As tempting as it is to pull up a chair, make yourself comfortable and wait for a waiter to take your order – you’ll end up very thirsty. Instead, get your group a table, find out what everyone wants and then head to the bar to place your order. Don’t take everyone to the bar with you – you do not want to block locals from being able to get to the bar. Wait for your turn to be served and never wave money around or yell for attention, that’s just plain rude. The only people you may see giving the server some cheeky attitude will definitely be regulars or, you know, rude people. Continue reading

Beers in England has been brewed for hundreds of years. As a beer brewing country, England is known for its top fermented cask beer (also called real ale) which finishes maturing in the cellar of the pub rather than at the brewery and is served with only natural carbonation. English beer styles include bitter, mild, brown ale and old ale. Stout, porter and Indian Pale Ale were also originally brewed in London. Lager style beer has increased considerably in popularity since the mid-20th century. Other modern developments include consolidation of large brewers into multinational corporations: growth of beer consumerism, expansion of microbreweries and increased interest in bottle conditioned beers.

The great British pub is not just a place to drink beer, wine, cider or even something a little bit stronger. It is also a unique social centre, very often the focus of community life in villages, towns and cities.

It appears that the British pub actually started life as a great Italian wine bar, and dates back almost 2,000 years. It was an invading Roma army, that first brought Roman Roads, Roman towns and Roman pubs known as tabernae to these shores in 43 AD. Such tabernae, or shops that sold wine, were quickly built alongside Roman roads and in towns to help quench the thirst of the legionary troops. It was ale, however, that was the native British brew. The native British brew of ‘ale’ was originally made without hops, and it appears that these tabernae quickly adapted to provide the locals with their favourite tipple, with the word eventually being corrupted to tavern. Continue reading

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