You know, we say a lot of good things about beer and pubs. We like to think good things, too. Think that our little hobby, our habit is not something that should be a bother to others. Sure there is plenty of evidence to the contrary but this one little tale of one little pub just sticks with me:
My property shares a wall with the proposed beer garden. I have serious concerns about the impact it would have on my quality of life and on my property day and night, particularly at weekends when the Castle Bar's clientele is very young and rowdy. Due to the extremely close proximity of our properties, the external noise levels caused by talking/shouting/singing/arguing from increasingly intoxicated drinkers would be unbearable. Further to that, there would be the noise caused by music blaring out from the bar, and doors banging as people enter/leave the beer garden.
In 2008, one review of the fine establishments of Banff in Scotland reported "the Castle for a fight, Aul Fife for no conversation and poor Karaoke." Wonderful. At the planning board meeting, the pub stated "the four-metre high walls around the garden would break much of the sound from customers" and "the proposal would help tourism to the area." Tourism. The sort of tourists you need to bus in and out.
Funny no one pointed out that the 13 foot garden walls blocking the sound of tourists in fights are listed heritage 13 foot sound blocking walls.