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Perusing the local supermarket and was going to pop some Bud in the cart whilst it was on offer and I couldn't help notice that the alcohol is now 4.8% rather than the previous 5%. Anyone know why this is? Checked out a few others and Stella seems to have dropped to 4.8% from it's previous 5.2%.

Oh and before the wrath of Hades descends on the thread, in the summer months I prefer a Badger's Champion or Fuller's Honey Dew. Winter will see me reach for the Snecklifter, Hobgoblin or Old Peculiar. Leffe is an all year round option. 🙂


 
Posted : 28/03/2012 9:13 pm
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Brewers trying to save cash.....[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17399368 ]clicky[/url]


 
Posted : 28/03/2012 9:16 pm
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On the bright side, you'll looking like a hero in the pub for downing 11*, not 10* pints of stella in the space of an hour before you fall over.

*If you're over 35 or have kids change the numbers to 4 & 3 respectively.


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 10:55 am
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[i]*If you're over 35 or have kids change the numbers to 4 & 3 respectively. [/i]

if there's an 'and' between those two change the number to 2 and add making sure you're tucked up in bed before 22:30.


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 10:57 am
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[i]Currently, if you pay £3 for your pint, about £1 will go in tax[/i]

Three quid for a pint is a distant memory 🙁


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 11:02 am
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Oh and before the wrath of Hades descends on the thread

TBH, I wouldn't drink any of the beers you've listed (not because of strength, but on account of "taste"..!)


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 11:12 am
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[i] *If you're over 35 or have kids change the numbers to 4 & 3 respectively.[/i]

really?

Honey Dew is for women btw.

Kev


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 11:13 am
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Three quid for a pint is a distant memory

You're drinking in the wrong place.


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 11:32 am
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Anyway.

I wonder if it's all marketing. They'll quietly reduce the potency of a drink, then release Drink Export in a couple of months, making it look special when it's really just the stuff you used to drink.


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 11:33 am
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Beer with less alcohol, food with fewer calories...

They are slowly and quietly starving us...


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 11:34 am
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Where I am, booze is cheap in shops (3 quid for 6 bottles of good beer) but not that cheap in bars. The compromise my colleagues have is sitting outside the petrol station drinking beer after work.


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 12:06 pm
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Three quid for a pint is a distant memory

Joseph Holts IPA. £2.16 a pint! However, it did feel like I had been pulled through with a christmas tree the following morning.


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 12:09 pm
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[i]The compromise my colleagues have is sitting outside the petrol station drinking beer after work. [/i]

I guess watching the queueing motorists provides some entertainment.


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 12:09 pm
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*If you're over 35 or have kids change the numbers to 4 & 3 respectively.

if there's an 'and' between those two change the number to 2 and add making sure you're tucked up in bed before 22:30.

There's my lifestyle, summarise in but a few words...

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*If you're over 35 or have kids change the numbers to 4 & 3 respectively.

really?

Approaching 35 / missues pregnant? Afraid so matey, just accept it its fairly inevitable unless you have an ambition to appear on the Jermy Kyle show.


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 12:12 pm
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Some local brew in the Church Inn in Uppermill is £1.25 a pint. I normally drink lager, but at that price I don't...


 
Posted : 29/03/2012 1:53 pm