So I've come to some conclusions about English Pub Pool:
1) The fastest way to get your pints down is to play a bunch of straight pool games to 15; each time you win, you down about 1/3-1/2 of your pint, so if you can fire through the games it all racks up pretty quickly.
2) The game seems to have a "fuck you, player" setting that turns on sometimes. I'm uploading a couple short gameplay videos to my YouTube account, and once the YT server finishes processing them, the first one demonstrates a gameplay bug I ran into today. The second is just me running the table in straight pool for a quick 15-0 win, and is just up there so I can brag. Anyway, if you care, watch my YT channel and it should pop up there some time tonight unless everything's failed miserably.