Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin confirms chain's most popular pint as it axes 18 drinks from menu

It's up there as one of the British staples, as making your way there before a night out is almost like a rite of passage.

Wetherspoons pubs are popular for their ridiculously affordable food and drinks mostly, though they also open for breakfast if that takes your fancy.

As a much-loved social hangout for Brits far and wide, it makes sense that when Spoons choose to axe items from the menu, it causes a major uproar from the public - though it has also been announced that the most popular drink across their chains has been left untouched.

The pub chain has recently decided to take a total of 18 drinks off its menu, with some of these being Gordon's Sicilian Lemon Gin, Bombay Bramble Gin, Lambs Navy Rum, and Tropical Raspberry Corona Seltzer, with the Guava flavour of the latter also being axed.

But that's not to say that the menu has been shortened, as new drinks have come in and taken the places of our fallen soldiers.

The likes of Stella Artois Unfiltered lager, Au Vodka strawberry burst and the Sidemen's XIX Vodka have made their way onto the chain's menu.

This follows the additions of a chicken shawarma wrap and a Ramen noodle bowl to their food menu, which is sure to leave Wagamama quaking in their boots.

Let's hope that we can get some of these next time we play the Wetherspoons game, or any drinks at all for that matter.

The chain has one drink that stands above the rest. (Dave Rushen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

But among all these new drinks and old drinks, what about the mainstays, the favourites, the ever-presents?

Well, according to none other than the Chairman of JD Wetherspoon, Tim Martin, there is one clear favourite among customers and it's thanks to younger customers pushing sales.

He stated: “The Gods of fashion have smiled upon Guinness, previously consumed by blokes my age, but now widely adopted by younger generations. The company expects profits in the current financial year to be towards the top of market expectations.”

Apparently, the sales numbers of the stout has resulted in the pub chain seeing like-for-like sales increase by 5.2% in the 13 weeks up to 28 April, compared to the same time in 2023.

That's right, 'splitting the G' might just have single-handedly boosted sales at Wetherspoons.

Guinness comes out on top in sales across all Wetherspoon pubs. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

There are currently 809 Wetherspoon pubs across the country, down from its peak of 955 in 2015 as a number of chains were closed.

Earlier this year, the chain stated in a financial update that they aimed to have 1,000 sites across the UK in the next 10 years.

Martin said about popular drinks: “Sales in the period continued the steady recovery from the pandemic. Traditional ales, which were very slow in the aftermath of the lockdowns, are increasing momentum, with Abbot Ale, Ruddles Bitter and Doom Bar showing good growth, as indeed are ales from the many small and micro brewers with which we trade."