What's the difference between alehouse and pub?

Alehouse


Definition:

  • (n.) A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was the defending of an alehouse team and André Villas-Boas was not exaggerating when he said everyone involved should feel "ashamed" by the performance.
  • (2) The alehouse takes its name from John Buchan’s 1915 novel, which was written and partly based in Broadstairs.
  • (3) We are turning everything back to basics, back to the way it was when it was a pub over 100 years ago.” • hovellingboatinn.co.uk , open Mon-Thurs 11.30am–9.30pm, Fri and Sat 11.30am-11pm, Sun noon-4pm The Conqueror Alehouse, Ramsgate Named after a two-funnelled paddle steamer that plied the route from Ramsgate to France at the beginning of the 20th century, the Conqueror’s walls are covered in black and white photos of the ship and its crew.
  • (4) And it means The Black Lion’s trading days, which date back to 1704 when it was first registered as an alehouse, are numbered.
  • (5) A quote from an anonymous author painted above the door lintel by owner Mike Beaumon could be the micropub motto: “Beer is the drink of men who think, and feel no fear or fetter, who do not drink to senseless sink, but drink to feel better.” • thefourcandles.co.uk , open Mon-Thurs and Sun 5pm-10.30pm, Fri and 5pm-11.30pm, lunchtimes Sat and Sun noon-3.30pm The Thirty-Nine Steps Alehouse, Broadstairs A few streets back from the Broadstairs seafront, this pub in a former pet shop was opened by local couple Kevin and Nicola Harding.
  • (6) It is astonishing to think that we have been open for less than three years, but in that time we have offered our customers choice of more than 1,500 different draught beers.” From its £4,000 bespoke bar crafted from elm, the Alehouse boasts 10 hand-pull real ale pumps, one dedicated to real cider, and sells 100 different bottled (mainly Belgian) beers.
  • (7) Camra judges hailed the quality and choice of the real ales on offer at the Sandford Park Alehouse, while singling out the “smart and stylish” pub, housed in a Grade-II listed Georgian building, as a model for the 21st century which also espouses traditional values.
  • (8) It has brought the whole village back together again, and been copied across the country.” • micropub.co.uk , open Tues-Sun noon-1.30pm, 6pm-9pm, closed Sun eves The Wheel Alehouse, Birchington Facebook Twitter Pinterest Alan Ross, a former fish and chip shop owner, has stocked 300 ales since he opened The Wheel Alehouse in March 2013.

Pub


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Brewdog backs down over Lone Wolf pub trademark dispute Read more The fast-growing Scottish brewer, which has burnished its underdog credentials with vocal criticism of how major brewers operate , recently launched a vodka brand called Lone Wolf.
  • (2) At one, in the Gun and Dog pub in Leeds on Tuesday, a witness described how the meeting descended into chaos when one of the rebels smashed a glass and threatened to attack Griffin supporter Mark Collett.
  • (3) "I do think – and hope – the pubs will do well out of the three events this summer.
  • (4) Beer had been brewed at the site continuously since the 16th century, in 1831 becoming the home of brewers Young & Co, which maintained the pub that gave the brewery its name.
  • (5) We continue to offer customers a great range of beer, lager and cider.” Heineken’s bid to raise prices for its products in supermarkets comes just a few months after it put 6p on a pint in pubs , a decision it blamed on the weak pound.
  • (6) "We closed but the protected pub ruling didn't go away."
  • (7) If you work at home and don't talk to strangers in pubs or do sport or belong to associations, and don't have school-age children, it is very hard to meet new people.
  • (8) The peak closure period was between January and June 2009 when 52 pubs ceased trading every week, and there are now 54,490 pubs left in the country.
  • (9) On a dreich November evening in Gourock, a red-coated mongrel is wandering between the seats in a room above a pub, pausing to sniff handbags for hidden treats.
  • (10) Alisdair Aird and Fiona Stapley, the joint editors of the guide, said in their foreword: “Although around 28 pubs are still closing every week, this is about half the number that were closing a couple of years ago, which is good news all round.
  • (11) In the UK, alcohol consumption has shifted substantially from moderate strength beer sold in pubs to strong lager, cider, wine and spirits sold by supermarkets for drinking at home.
  • (12) Only a few stragglers outside O'Byron's pub refused to believe this was happening on Good Friday.
  • (13) Another pint of Guinness That evening we set out again, this time to O'Donoghue's in Fanore, a blue-painted stone pub set on the thin shelf of land between the sea and the great limestone mountain that is called the Burren.
  • (14) Camra said pubs support more than a million jobs and each contributes an average of £80,000 to its local economy each year.
  • (15) "It is clear that the law gives us the right to prevent the unauthorised use of our copyrights in pubs and clubs when they are communicated to the public without our authority," says text in the ad.
  • (16) "We'll be watching them like hawks," said Jim Winkworth, a farmer and pub landlord, as he watched work starting on a bend in the Parrett between Burrowbridge and Moorland, two of the villages worst affected by the winter flooding.
  • (17) We were only in our third year of running the bar when we were awarded pub of the year back in November.
  • (18) The Butcher's Arms pub in Herne village, Kent, was saved by community investment.
  • (19) Back on the doorstep is The Pilot , a music-themed pub where you can eat, too.
  • (20) In London there are generally four types of rock show: the billions of pub gigs where 20 of the band's mates try to convince you there's still a future in grindie; the arena and stadium blowouts where it's customary to express one's appreciation of the band by dousing one's peers in airborne urine; the east London artronica happenings where everyone's only watching everyone else; and the gigs in Hyde Park you can't hear.

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