Booze Dispenser - Vending Machine - End of the Pub

Could this be the future of the pub some booze dispenser at the end of the street. With the rate pubs are closing it could be.

If pubs are not being turned into housing, its shops and those that survive are fast turning into gastro pubs where you are treated to an experience of food, drink, and a chilled out atmosphere.

Somewhere in Kortemark, Belgium you could front up to this lump of metal (see photo) that just happens to be a vending machine where you can buy whole crates of beer. With most of the youth today, forgoing the pub and getting tipsy at home before heading to town your normal local is fast becoming a rarity.

This contraption is not a new idea there are vending machines around at will dispense booze but I have never heard of one chucking out a tray of 12 or 24. I could see one doing good business outside a student’s hall of residence or anywhere the underage youth gather.

The machine offers little in the way of checks for ID purposes. It does have an ID-scanner, although it wouldn’t be hard for somebody who is underage to buy the beer, by finding someone’s ID to borrow. Who will check the ID with no landlord or staff to confront little Tommy who has half inched is mums ID.

I would think our licensing laws would not allow this kind of vending machine on the street.