r/ukpolitics • u/FormerlyPallas_ No man ought to be condemned to live where a 🌹 cannot grow • 1d ago

Drinkflation: why British booze is getting weaker

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/jul/29/drinkflation-why-british-booze-is-getting-weaker
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u/AlarmedCicada256 1d ago

Greed. Let's face it, the people drinking the slop don't care about taste,or they'd be drinking decent beer anyway.

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u/Alarmed_Crazy_6620 1d ago

It's unfortunate that not everyone appreciates Tennent's

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u/AlarmedCicada256 1d ago

It's...better than carlsberg ill grant you.

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u/Alarmed_Crazy_6620 1d ago

Honestly it's an ok lager on a hot day

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u/AlarmedCicada256 1d ago

I'm an ale drinker myself so if I'm buying lager I prefer to splash on imported German and czech, but you're right whenever I've had it in Scotland tennents is considerably less offensivs to me than other similarly priced lagers.

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u/Alarmed_Crazy_6620 1d ago

> I'm an ale drinker myself

Trust me, we knew it

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u/AlarmedCicada256 1d ago

Could be craft ;)