Small beer: Study calls on government to shrink pints

[chrissyr63]

Doesn't the research just prove that if you want reduce the size of a pint you need to increase the price by about 10%?
If the pub loses 10% of it's profit it has to increase it's prices. The cost of the actual beer is a very small part of the end cost. And I doubt any government would want to lose 10% of the alcohol duty they take!

 

[hoppyscotty]

I don't really see many beers available at 3-3.5% abv out there. Not sure what the answer is, but I think that's a shame as such beers used to be common and if well made could be decent (bitters, milds and the like).

Well there is not that many for sure because they dont sell well and pubs sell beers that sell. But most of the pubs round here usually have a 3.5-3.8% ish golden ale kind of beer on, especially over summer.