tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post7061171463369538604..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Park bench prohibitionismCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-80521777688663379322011-09-05T11:32:32.281+01:002011-09-05T11:32:32.281+01:00Yes, while it's only a small proportion of the...Yes, while it's only a small proportion of the total beer market, it will, as you say, affect some great beers, and may well lead to them simply being discontinued if demand drops off.<br /><br />And the "People's Pint" thing is nonsense - I honestly can't see mch demand at all for beers at that strength, and CAMRA are making a serious mistake if they think there is any way the health lobby can be successfully appeased.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-59550209393037857702011-09-05T10:36:50.136+01:002011-09-05T10:36:50.136+01:00I meant, of course, that High Strength Beer Duty i...I meant, of course, that High Strength Beer Duty is a pity. Not that the brewing of strong beers is.StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-82475652984258539392011-09-05T10:23:00.000+01:002011-09-05T10:23:00.000+01:00I suspect most brewers have produced (at least) an...I suspect most brewers have produced (at least) an occasional beer at >7.5%. It's not an activity limited to the usual suspects. It's a pity not just because it threatens the daft, pricey, stuff drunk (let's face it) mainly for a bet (or at least with a great waft of macho bullshit), but some genuinely great beers, at which the accountants will now raise higher eyebrows.<br /><br />In other news: CAMRA's campaign for the "peoples pint" rumbles along - like there's something wrong with alcohol, and if only we could get the pesky stuff out of our lovely real ale, we'd be living in a new Eden.StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-5970666696544761032011-09-03T21:28:13.438+01:002011-09-03T21:28:13.438+01:00I go to pubs and somtimes drink large quantities o...I go to pubs and somtimes drink large quantities of sub 4% beers. Sometimes I sit at home with a few high strength Belgian beers with some decent cheese. <br />It is the gallon or so of cooking bitter that gives me the hangover.Birkonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797631050700297107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-26355833458566260702011-09-03T20:04:01.147+01:002011-09-03T20:04:01.147+01:00Zak Avery: I thought it was interesting that Magic...<b>Zak Avery</b>: <em>I thought it was interesting that Magic Rock's double IPA Cannonball weighs in at 7.4%abv</em><br /><br />Interesting you should say that has they have a Human Cannonball at 9.2%, which is the Double IPA. The Cannonball is just a regular IPA. So I don't know what they'll do with Human Cannonball - probably keep making it with the extra tax?Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-35610872216428843412011-09-03T18:28:16.355+01:002011-09-03T18:28:16.355+01:00While UK beer may be more-or-less unaffected, the ...While UK beer may be more-or-less unaffected, the real impact will be on imports, notably Belgian, but also quite a bit of American 'craft' beer. Duvel, for example, will be an obvious and widely-distributed casualty.<br /><br />I thought it was interesting that Magic Rock's double IPA Cannonball weighs in at 7.4%abv - maybe it's even been designed with the strong beer tax in mind?Zak Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650929798289995172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-74766579074664563592011-09-03T17:52:52.279+01:002011-09-03T17:52:52.279+01:00BD are already known for silly pricing (among much...BD are already known for silly pricing (among much else), so I'm not too worried about them. But it won't be good for <a href="http://www.hardknott.com/" rel="nofollow">Dave</a>, who has been flying the flag for 8%+ bottled beers for some time - I have trouble with his pricing as it is, and this certainly isn't going to help. Marble, too - they're already pricing their strong 75 cl bottles in regions that demand a sharp intake of breath. At best it's going to polarise the higher-strength 'craft' market even more, with the seriously rich & seriously hobbyist on one side & the rest of us on the other.<br /><br />And all, ostensibly, for the sake of weaning homeless people off their Brew (and on to what - Buckfast? meths?) You're right to be concerned - this won't be the end of it.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-39492376511392568772011-09-03T16:30:21.962+01:002011-09-03T16:30:21.962+01:00More likely to affect people who like the higher-s...More likely to affect people who like the higher-strength craft beers, I would imagine - like Double IPAs and Imperial Stouts. There can't be that many of them being produced here in the UK though outside BrewDog and Durham (as well as Thornbridge)?<br /><br />I think it's these beers that will suffer - the strongish 8.5% double IPAs and so on. Those that are close enough to the threshold will just be slightly altered but I can see the stronger imperial stouts and porters having trouble.Paullnoreply@blogger.com