General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

I don't know if it has changed but I think the rates used to be affected by the number of barrels you sold. The same with the rents. The more you sold the higher your rent. I would have thought it would have made more sense to the breweries to be the opposite way round. You go in at a certain rent but if you work hard and sell more of their produce we will reduce the rent. This is why the likes of Tommy Barton etc. prospered. They would deliver the same beer but the brewery were unaware so couldn't put your rent up.