Four foreign-owned corporations make 80% of it. The 'imported' lager in your hand was probably brewed in Burton-on-Trent. That craft IPA on the bar is owned by Heineken. Here's how we lost our pint — and how to win it back.
Britain used to brew twice as much beer as it does today. In 1979 the UK produced 12 billion pints of beer a year. British-owned breweries made 96% of it. Today we brew half that, and four foreign-owned corporations make 80% of what's left.
Your 'continental' lager was probably made just off the M1. Most of the big-name 'foreign' lagers sold in UK pubs and supermarkets aren't imported at all. They're brewed here, often to UK-only recipes with added water, then dressed in the flag of somewhere more glamorous.
READ MORE. Then: support British brewers & our wonderful pubs.
Do it - before it's too late...
Do it - before it's too late...
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