Join Our Royal Family

ANNOUNCING THE IMPERIAL PINT CLUB...

If you are a regular Brewery patron, you've shown that you are an individual of fine and discriminating taste. Joining the Imperial Pint Club indicates that you also know a terrific deal when you see one. But more than that, the Imperial Pint Club is truly an elite group of beer lovers. In addition to the discounts described in detail below, club members will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of Brewery events and outings such as brewery tours, tastings, pub crawls and beer dinners, among other things.

JOINING THE CLUB IS A GREAT DEAL. JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS:

If you enjoy 2 pints per week, you will recoup your initial membership fee in 27 weeks, or your renewal fee in 19.

If you enjoy 3 pints per week, you will recoup your initial membership fee in 18 weeks, or your renewal fee in 12.

If you enjoy 4 pints per week, you will recoup your initial membership fee in 13 weeks, or your renewal fee in 9.

If you enjoy 5 pints per week, you will recoup your initial membership fee in 11 weeks, or your renewal fee in 7.

If you enjoy 6 pints per week, you will recoup your initial membership fee in 9 weeks, or your renewal fee in 6.

When can you join? Right now!

Stop in at the Portsmouth Brewery and sign up today.

To join the club, you must meet two simple qualifications:

1.) You must be twenty-one or older.

2.) You must be willing to have your picture taken in our Imperial Portrait for your Imperial Pint Club Photo ID.


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HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER

Joining the club is easy. Just stop in the Brewery and follow these simple steps:

~ First, read the membership brochure to familiarize yourself with the club's benefits and rules.

~ Pay your membership fee. The first year's membership costs $50. The following year's renewal is $35.

~ Fill in your membership card and have your photo taken. (Be sure to look your best!)

~ Pick up your laminated membership card within 48 hours.

~ That's it ­ you're in. After that, every you come to the brewery, be sure to present your card to show you're part of our Royal Family.


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IMPERIAL PINT CLUB BENEFITS

The following is a list of Imperial Pint Club membership benefits. Unless otherwise stated, benefits apply to the member only and may not be transferred to any other individual. In order to receive membership discounts, you must present your membership card at the time of your purchase.

1) Upon joining, new members will receive their choice of a short-sleeve tee shirt, plus an official Imperial Pint Club glass.

2) Members will be served a full imperial (20-ounce) pint in an official club glass for the same price as a regular (16-ounce) pint.

3) Members will receive a 10% discount on all regularly priced brewery store merchandise. This discount does not apply to sale items, or to shipping charges on mail-order purchases.

4) Members will receive a 10% discount on special Brewery events such as tastings, field trips, pub crawls and beer dinners. (Certain events may not qualify for this discount.) This benefit includes the member and one guest.

5) Members will receive advance invitations to special Brewery events.

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RULES & RESTRICTIONS

Here is the fine print at the bottom of the page. The whole point of this club is to have fun. Besides, nobody likes rules, so we have tried to keep ours to a minimum, but there are some that must be spelled out. We at the Brewery take very seriously our responsibilities in serving alcohol to our patrons. Our alcohol service policies apply equally to all patrons; club members will not receive special treatment with respect to alcohol service.

1) Club membership and benefits are not transferrable. Unless specifically stated, benefits apply to the member only and may not be applied to any other individual.

2) Membership benefits are limited to those listed above in the Benefits section of this brochure. No other benefits may be inferred.

3) The Imperial Pint Club membership card identifies you as a club member; it is not to be used for any other purpose. Club members may be asked to present a legal form of identification when purchasing alcoholic beverages, and should accept this gracefully as a tribute to their youthful good looks. Please note that anyone who is carded must present a legal form of identification in order to be served alcohol at the Brewery.

4) The Brewery reserves the right to change terms and benefits of the Imperial Pint Club at any time. Members will be notified in advance by mail of any such changes in terms or benefits.

5) Membership renewal is the responsibility of the individual member. An expiration date is printed on the card. There is a fourteen day grace period after the expiration date, during which time benefits will remain in effect. With annual renewal, members receive all the benefits listed above, with the exception of the tee shirt.

6) The Brewery reserves the right to revoke a club membership, without refund, due to that member's refusal to observe Brewery policies.

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The Portsmouth Brewery - 56 Market Street - Portsmouth NH 03801 - (603) 431-1115

"The Portsmouth Brewery - 56 Market Street - Portsmouth NH 03801 - (603) 431-1115"

Directions:

Go to bottom of Market Street, look for saying "Portsmouth Brewery 100 metres"

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Please check the picture shown on this page to see what is considered to be a full imperial pint in Portsmouth NH. It doesn't look like a lined glass to me....

If I was served that amount of head in a brim measure, I would get in touch with my local TSO!!!!

Tony

As you are obviously a regular visitor, can you confirm that the "full imperial (20-ounce) pint in an official club glass" is a line measure?

Otherwise, do we assume that there is yet another definition of "pint" in use in the USA? We already have the USC Pint, the Imperial Pint, and "Tony's new club's special short measure pint"......

re (Stan): "The Portsmouth Brewery - 56 Market Street - Portsmouth NH 03801 - (603) 431-1115 - Directions: Go to bottom of Market Street, look for saying 'Portsmouth Brewery 100 metres'"


REPLY: The Council of Active Resistance to Metrication is urgently seeking information about the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions for New Hampshire - and investigating whether funds will allow a special visit to be made there.

As we think the United States prefers feet to yards, we guess that '330 feet' would be the appropriate correction

Someone doesn't know much about the metric system!

<<<"The Portsmouth Brewery - 56 Market Street - Portsmouth NH 03801 - (603) 431-1115"

Directions:

Go to bottom of Market Street, look for saying "Portsmouth Brewery 100 metres"
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Lets assume the road is the normal type with odds on one side and evens on the other. It would mean that each property is about a foot wide.

Am I turning into an "imperial" Martin?

;-)

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Lets assume the road is the normal type with odds on one side and evens on the other. It would mean that each property is about a foot wide.
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I don't follow. Please explain your logic.

It was an attempt at pedentary - however:-

"The Portsmouth Brewery - ***56*** Market Street"

"Go to bottom of Market Street, look for saying "Portsmouth Brewery 100 metres" "

Thus number 56 divided by 2 (ie, sides of the road) is 28

That's 28 properties in 100 metres - making a property roughly 1 foot wide.

SteveH wrote

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That's 28 properties in 100 metres - making a property roughly 1 foot wide.
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By my reckoning, if there are 28 properties in 100m, then each property is just under 4m wide (if there were 25 properties, the average would be exactly 4m). When I last checked, 4m = 13.123ft.

<<<That's 28 properties in 100 metres - making a property roughly 1 foot wide.>>>

This demonstrates very nicely the mess we have been left in due to our measurement chaos.

;-)

Ask yourselves: Would this error have been made if we used only one system of measurement?

Proof, once again, that arithmetic is not my strongest point.

And - as an opt-out in a "whistling in the air walking with hands clasped behind my back" fashion - it has nothing to do with metric versus imperial. I divided the wrong way around and got 28 cm - which is not far off a foot.

Having said that, the pedantry still holds - ie a property 3.57 m (or 357cm or 3570mm or 35.7 dm) or around 12 feet wide would still be too thin!

...but not in such an exagerative way!

<<<it has nothing to do with metric versus imperial. I divided the wrong way around and got 28 cm - which is not far off a foot.>>>

But it WAS an error caused by converting between imperial and metric! If you weren't converting it wouldn't have happened.

This is the kind of error that can easily happen, and depending on what you are doing these kind of errors can be costly or potentially dangerous.

<<<Having said that, the pedantry still holds - ie a property 3.57 m (or 357cm or 3570mm or 35.7 dm) or around 12 feet wide would still be too thin!>>>>

Not really. That sounds about right for a terraced house.

"But it WAS an error caused by converting between imperial and metric! If you weren't converting it wouldn't have happened."

RUBBISH! If I hadn't converted I would have claimed a property to be 28cm wide. Still totally wrong cos I divided the wrong way.

Just don't trust me with ANY figures - I really think I'm numberically dyslexic!

"Not really. That sounds about right for a terraced house."

In my pedantry led example I was referring to a a road that's likely to have big buildings on it - see the history

Of course, the bottom of Market Street could be the end with the high numbers.

Why does number 1 have to be at the bottom?

Wow, I am really confused by this thread.

There doesn't have to be a property for each number. My building is 530 and the next is 512.

Streets don't usually start on 1 either. In most cities, the number of a property will tell you its location relative to other properties on other streets. (For example, all properties with the same number on north-south streets will have the same latitude).

Bud wrote

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There doesn't have to be a property for each number. My building is 530 and the next is 512.
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I can think of two possible reasons for this:

1) It is an old neighbourhood and the properties that were formerly 512, 514, 516 ... 528 have been consolidated into one prioperty.

2) The property number is doubles up as a measurement. I have seen this on rural properties in Italy - a Farm with number 21420 Via Salaria (A main road going northwards from Rome) is 21.24km from the start of that road. BTW Italian roads are usually well signposted in this respect.

<<<In my pedantry led example I was referring to a a road that's likely to have big buildings on it>>>

what like flats? ;-)

Erm no. Breweries I believe.

BTW I used to live on an estate where no house had the number 13!

SteveH: "Proof, once again, that arithmetic is not my strongest point."

Stan: Right. What about measurement?

I'm just over 5'11"