Another penny off beer duty

[NickDavies]

...another penny in the till for the pubcos?

[sheffield hatter]

Last year on the Pubs Galore crawl of Leicester, one of the pubs had a bowl of pennies on the bar and gave one to everyone who bought a pint.

[Soup Dragon]

one of the pubs had a bowl of pennies on the bar and gave one to everyone who bought a pint.

That means Quinno missed out

[gillhalfpint]

Most pubs seem to sell beer rounded to 0 or 5 these days so not sure if we will get a £2.94 or £3.19 pint.

[Quinno]

That means Quinno missed out

Most pubs seem to sell beer rounded to 0 or 5 these days so not sure if we will get a £2.94 or £3.19 pint.

You won't get either, the cut will be absorbed into production costs which means that it'll take a little longer for prices to go up. Don't expect a 1p cut at the bar beyond a short-term gimmick (Tim Martin, I'm looking at you...)

[Aqualung]

It's the brewers that pay the excise duty so this is good news for them more than anyone. To put it in perspective, a saving of 72p on the production cost of a firkin won't make any difference. The scandal is the way that for years the pubcos and breweries with pubs have used 1p increases on duty to justify a 10-20p increase on a pint, probalby more so in the South East.

Does anyone know what happened with the "Park Bench" beer tax or the relief for beers up to 2.8%?

[london calling]

It's the brewers that pay the excise duty so this is good news for them more than anyone. To put it in perspective, a saving of 72p on the production cost of a firkin won't make any difference. The scandal is the way that for years the pubcos and breweries with pubs have used 1p increases on duty to justify a 10-20p increase on a pint, probalby more so in the South East.

Does anyone know what happened with the "Park Bench" beer tax or the relief for beers up to 2.8%?

They can still get a discount for beers up to 2.8 but it only applies to the bigger brewers.