Price of alcohol to rise.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Nope but I'm sure beer festivals do and they aren't aimed at your 2 litres of cheap cider drinkers.

Wow, I forgot about GBBF !!!!

I've not been able to go the last couple of years because of my ..... problem.

But I'm a lot better now, so I might risk a session this year.

[Platypus]

Nope but I'm sure beer festivals do and they aren't aimed at your 2 litres of cheap cider drinkers.

Pish. Beer festivals do not sell beer at £1 a pint.

So where does your certainty on this subject come from?

[shaunbhoy]

Pish. Beer festivals do not sell beer at £1 a pint.

WPS

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.

[Bunk]

As 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.

Yes, but if you push up the price of the cheap stuff then obviously the premium stuff will also become more expensive too. They need to keep a reasonable difference in price otherwise nobody would drink the cheapo crap.

[lukemg]

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....

[gingerjedi]

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....

Or it could backfire, the booze cruise could be a viable proposition again.

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.

[chef]

I 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.

+ it tastes far better than the dishwater the uk serves AND it's a decent strength too but with far less chemicals in it so less of a hangover..

[vetran]

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.