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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostNope but I'm sure beer festivals do and they aren't aimed at your 2 litres of cheap cider drinkers.
So where does your certainty on this subject come from?Comment
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Originally posted by Platypus View PostPish. Beer festivals do not sell beer at £1 a pint.
The last couple I have been to, it works out at around £2-3 per pint. Hardly cheap drinking, but at least you can get a decent selection. Better than all that chemical lager and frothy pseudo bitter that most town centre pubs have.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostAs long as they do the minimum price per unit system I couldn't care less, I buy premium ale and wine which is already way more expensive per unit than cheap lager.Comment
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They are expecting more impact due to the multiplier i.e. if you are sticking down a substantial intake each week it is going to cost you hundreds extra but for more modest consumption an extra 50 notes a year is an hours work for some....Comment
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Originally posted by lukemg View PostThey are expecting more impact due to the multiplier i.e. if you are sticking down a substantial intake each week it is going to cost you hundreds extra but for more modest consumption an extra 50 notes a year is an hours work for some....
25-30% of smokers use smuggled cigarettes which costs the revenue an estimated £3 billion a year, if they push too hard the market will find a way.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI pay €0.85 per 1/2 litre of Bavaria's finest. Thankfully the Germans don't see alcoholism as part of their national identity so my happiness is set to continue.The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek PointsComment
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Lidl £1 for Sheperd Neame's finest footy beer and Spitfire. I'll miss that.
Off to the park to drink my real ale and shout innit a lot.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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