TRADING STANDARDS PROTOCOL SAYS BRULINES FIGURES USED TO FINE PUB TENANTS ARE “ESTIMATED”, EQUIPMENT CAN BE “CIRCUMVENTED” AND ADVISES TESTERS TO KEEP TENANTS IN THE DARK This trading standards protocol should be published in full by local trading standards officers investigating Brulines equipment in pubs says GMB The Trading Standards protocol for officers… Read More »
BRULINES CONFESSIONS. How often is it that Pot Boy hears of the “well I fessed up, ‘ad no choice, know wot I mean”. Usual con trick of so called irrefutable Brulines data as to buying out. Your lease, your livelihood, kids at school, your sanity all at risk through the accusation that you have been “robbing”… Read More »
BRULINES-FLOWMETER HOME TRUTHS Pot Boy has had a large number of e-mails asking what the very devil is a flow meter and how does it work, seeing as how so very much reliance is placed on the “spy in the cellar” by the Pubcos. Consulting my RAF engineering chum, ironically over a couple of pints… Read More »
BRULINES FINES Pot Boy must say from the start that he does not condone the breaking of a contract, in this case your Pubco lease. The Lease is legally binding as are its consequences. Having said all that, Pot Boy is as equally strong on condemning the Pubco BRM/BDM bully boy tactics wrapped up in the proven… Read More »
BRULINES IN COURT Pot Boy was chatting to the six a clock crew in the lounge bar the other evening which include two of mi’ learned friends. The conversation turned to Brulines oft made claim that the very existence of Brulines has time and time again been validated in Court. Well this, as pointed out… Read More »
BRULINES… HOW IT WORKS (OR DOESN’T) The Pot Boy e-mail post bag is dominated by justifiable horror stories about Brulines. So yours truly did some digging in the interests of objectivity and consulted an engineer who is an expert in flow monitoring systems working for the RAF. As we all know, Brulines is the policeman… Read More »
Brulines. Brulines, a controversial name within the Industry. To many it represents the spy in the Beer Cellar, one of the major intrusions on their business operation. I have a modicum of sympathy for Brulines, they have created a Beer Monitoring Service, which should enable all to generate information about their beer sales and become… Read More »
Brulines and possibly the Big Beer Keg Con??? Further to the previous article, after a number of phone calls and emails. The reluctance to divulge any under sale of monitored beers by companies using Brulines monitoring system raises an even bigger spectre. Assuming that Brulines equipment is accurate, as stated by Brulines and the Pub… Read More »
The BISC’s Report on Brulines was pretty damning in it’s content. The Summary on Page 23, Paragraph 69 states. The accuracy of data from flow monitoring equipment and the analysis of that data are highly contentious issues. Flow monitoring equipment could be a helpful tool, for both companies and lessees but only if it is reliable… Read More »
I have a modicum of sympathy for Brulines as a Company and these are purely my thoughts and views. They have a system which was designed as a monitoring service, re my previous comments. To be an accurate system it would appear to need to be operated within very strict parameters, which is a near… Read More »