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"TheBeerNut":11e86buj wrote:

"CDow":11e86buj wrote: isn't it years since a gov of any hue increased the price of the pint?[/quote:11e86buj][b:11e86buj]No: VAT went up 2% last year.[/b:11e86buj]

"CDow":11e86buj wrote: How does the craft pub sector do in relation to the same ole, same ole Diageo flogging sector?[/quote:11e86buj]It takes over their pubs when they close.[/quote:11e86buj]

The VAT increase was across the board, I meant a specific price increase on beer.

"CDow":bk2jj3l9 wrote: I stand to be corrected here but isn't it years since a gov of any hue increased the price of the pint? Brewers have added their now seemingly annual increase and publicans have followed suit to protect their margin. But still its always someone elses fault that the pub sector is fupped. The majority sell the same tired brands with no hope of a choice.
How does the craft pub sector do in relation to the same ole, same ole Diageo flogging sector?[/quote:bk2jj3l9]
Brewers would tend to add an annual increase. It helps to pay for the ever-escalating price of energy and raw materials. Nothing wrong with protecting what little margin they have, they're not charities after all. They have bills to pay like the rest of us. I don't know who is ultimately responsible for the slow death of the on-trade, but it certainly isn't the brewers alone. Good pubs will survive, and the better ones have realised the way to do this - by offering good beer, good food, in a good environment, at a fair price.

"UpsidedownA":2774i4p7 wrote: For comparison, UK duty rate is £19.51 per hectolitre per cent ABV or approximately €24 per hectolitre per cent ABV. So they are still more.[/quote:2774i4p7]
And will be for some time. The punitive Beer Duty Escalator will see to that.

"Diablo":3qv1oxpi wrote: I think we'll be seeing a lot more pubs install Tuborg taps.

The 1 euro increase in a bottle of wine is a real kick in the balls for off licenses. Probably a boost for the homebrew suppliers selling wine kits.

Lot's of talk about people going north for wine. Has anyone bench marked the price differences ? Sainsbury's didn't seem particularly cheap last time I checked.[/quote:3qv1oxpi]

Wine prices, like my mother-in-law is relative.

If you go to a decent off-license or wine merchant to get your premier-cru at €30 to €50 a bottle then then whats a Euro increase? Nowt to worry about

HOWEVER if you can only afford a good Lidl or Aldi or JCs or Tesco wine at say € 6 its a F***ing MASSIVE increase.

Just goes to show we get the government we deserve ( snugs into his Welsh, I'm Not from Here cloaking device )

Again Nob-Hill inhabitants gets left alone whilst the peasants who we are trying to wean off cheap lager and re-train their palates to enjoy a glass of wine are F'd

Will