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PINT OF BEER COULD HIT £4 NEXT YEAR (Because of alternate energy)
(UK) Daily Express ^ | December 24, 2007

Posted on 12/24/2007 11:04:32 AM PST by Zakeet

The average price of a pint of bitter in Britain's pubs could increase from around £2.20 to as much as £4 next year, the industry has warned.

The massive hike, which is also expected to affect cans bought from off licences, is due largely to increased prices of key ingredients barley and hops - in part because farmland is being turned over to environment-friendly biofuels.

But brewers are also suffering from rises in fuel costs and the price of the metals used to produce kegs and cans. Kegs are now so valuable that they have become a target for thieves, who stole 60 million this year to melt down for their metal.

Mark Hastings, director of communications at the British Beer and Pub Association, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Food prices have increased dramatically and that has affected, for us, the price of barley and hops, which have rocketed tremendously.

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Mr Hastings said the price hike came against a general decline in British beer sales, with some 14 million fewer pints a day being served in pubs than in the past.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: agw; alternateenergy; inflation; taxationbeer
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41 posted on 12/24/2007 6:54:49 PM PST by devolve (---- - Hey Boone! - My bonus check is late again! -)
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PINT OF BEER COULD HIT £4 NEXT YEAR (Because of alternate energy)

Bad news. The good news? The energy to get rid of it won't change!


42 posted on 12/24/2007 7:08:36 PM PST by Libloather (Hillary donors find their way to the cover of Time. And the very next day they're doing it...)
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To: GOP_Raider

I brew 10 Gallons for 40 bucks.

Even Mega Mart swill costs more than that.

It IS less expensive.

Cheers,

knewshound


43 posted on 12/24/2007 7:54:07 PM PST by knews_hound (I drive a Hybrid. It burns both gas AND rubber.)
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To: Zakeet

First time I went to England in the summer of 76 , a pint was 47p !


44 posted on 12/24/2007 7:57:08 PM PST by sushiman
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To: rzeznikj at stout; GOP_Raider; Rodney King; Tainan; Chasaway; SquirrelKing; dynachrome; ...
Hey, before I get back to work, I wanted to wish everyone on the FR Beer Ping List a very safe and Merry Christmas tomorrow. And remember: be nice to bartenders. Even if they serve you beer that's too warm. :) Anyway, be safe tomorrow, everyone.
45 posted on 12/24/2007 8:28:42 PM PST by GOP_Raider (Don't panic, folks. Rush Babies Will Save America.)
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To: devolve

Don’t know what it means but bump!


46 posted on 12/25/2007 8:26:07 AM PST by potlatch ("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
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To: bill1952
The price of food here is going to go through the roof in short order, and that is the way that it is with supply and demand.

No kidding... Have you priced milk and eggs recently? And as more and more farmland that was being used to grow food and livestock feed crops are switched over to growing crops for fuel, and as they're sent into the pipeline (literally) for fuel, the price of food will continue to rise, as will taxes for the subsidies.

Can someone please explain the insanity of growing crops for fuel, rather than food, and then having the taxpayers subsidise it... In effect, raising both the cost of food, plus taxes in order to make less food available?

Mark

47 posted on 12/25/2007 8:42:25 AM PST by MarkL
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To: RKV
Further, non-food crops will end up making biofuels - they are more efficient (e.g. switchgrass).

I would LOVE to see this, but I don't think that it's going to happen. There's too much political capital invested in corn and ethanol production. Switchgrass converts quite nicely to butanol, which is far better at producing energy in internal combustion engines that ethanol, but ADM and the farm lobby doesn't really seem to be interested.

Mark

48 posted on 12/25/2007 8:45:47 AM PST by MarkL
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To: potlatch

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49 posted on 12/25/2007 12:27:14 PM PST by devolve (---- - Hey Boone! - My bonus check is late again! -)
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50 posted on 12/25/2007 9:30:39 PM PST by potlatch ("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
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