Beer industry slams Budget escalator ‘stairway to hell’
By: JimOldfield
March 21st, 2012
The price of a pint of beer is to rise again – by up to 10p – after a brewing industry bid to axe the beer duty escalator was ignored in the latest Budget. Tory Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to make no changes to alcohol duty puts “one million jobs” at risk and is “hugely Read the full post…
Lords of the dance in Southampton
By: JimOldfield
February 3rd, 2012
An historic Southampton pub has opened a new on-site micro-brewery, and celebrated its arrival with… Morris Dancing! The Dancing Man Brewery – the only brewery of its kind in the city – officially launched in the Platform Tavern last week (January 25), with the night of dancing. Landlord Stewart Cross spent £9,000 converting the pub’s Read the full post…
Strong ale strong-armed off the market by Osborne
By: JimOldfield
November 27th, 2011
The brewing of strong beers has been dealt a potential death blow by Tory Chancellor George Osborne. His new High Strength Beer Duty (HSBD) – imposed in the last budget and effective from October 1 this year – has added a staggering 25 per cent to the cost of brewing any beer over 7.5 per Read the full post…
