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‘Cheers!’ the headlines read, as Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the biggest shake-up of alcohol duty in 140 years. But what does it really mean for us Breweries?

There’s a saying that in order to be irreplaceable one must also be different.
We’re not entirely sure who said it. But when it comes to the serious business of beer, it’s a motto we’re happy to drink to.

Historically, Britain can stake its claim alongside Belgium, the Czech Republic and Germany as one of the most influential brewing countries in the world.
But despite the influence of British brewing being profound around the globe, we now import twice as much as we export.
And with American hop-driven mass produced lagers being imported in their droves there’s a sense that the ‘British’ is getting lost from the beer.
There’s one area where truly traditional British brewing still survives – hope-fully soon to once again really thrive – and that is cask ale.
If you were ever looking for a beer type that required the most precise and careful handling, that was resistant to any form of mass scale-up, that balks at being bottled, that is sensitive to the environment – and only remains in its most perfect form for days – then cask ale is it.

When four beer-loving friends noticed their beloved cask ale was being pushed out for ‘tasteless’ keg beers during a trip to Ireland in 1971, they made it their mission to uphold the honour of the traditional tipple one pint at a time. And so, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) was born.  Over the 50 …

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