Beer Wars - Pub chain cut price of a pint to 99p

JD Wetherspoon, the biggest high street pub chain in Britain is cutting the price of a pint of beer to just 99p. This is the same price that beer cost in 1989. Other pub chains are thought to be going to match...

Drink-drive offenders could keep licences

Current alcohol limits for driving in the UK are currently under review, it has been learned."Drink drivers would no longer automatically lose their licences undergovernment plans to lower the alcohol limit for motorists to the equivalentof less than a pint of beer or glass...

Half Pint Inks Deal With Universal Music

  Essential Media Group LLC and Loyal Haylet Management are pleased to announce the signing of a Joint Venture deal for the Half Pint Music catalog and the venerable chart topping Dancehall Reggae superstar, Half Pint. Half Pint has enjoyed a long history of success...

How Bronze Age man enjoyed his pint

"Bronze Age Irishmen were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, it has been claimed. Two archaeologists have put forward a theory that one of the most common ancient monuments seen around...

Wine's Fine But Lager Sales Go Flat

"Wine's Fine But Lager Sales Go Flat Updated: 11:30, Friday August 10, 2007 Lager is suffering a dip in popularity as drinkers choose more "sophisticated" alternatives, a report has said. The amount sold in the UK is down 5% compared to 2005, according to market analysts...

Belfast comes out on top of UK alcohol consumption

Just think, Belfastians: If you never touched a pint, you could put yourself through Grad School. But then, if one can't drink a pint or two, how does one get through Grad School? "A survey says that people living...

“The art world is the biggest joke going,” according to Banksy

UPDATE: Don't know Banksy from some paint on a wall? Check out this great photoset of his works (and some possible forgeries...imitation being the sincerest form of flattery and all). "Banksy Was HereThe...

Have a Pint and Save Your Local Institution

Here in the UK, the pub is as important a community centre as it is in Ireland. We cannot allow our neighbourhood institutions to perish, so hoist a pint for local business! " That trademark Irish venue, the...

Women In The Habit Of Low Fat Diet Lose Chance Of Pregnancy

"Women who keep to a low-fat diet when trying to conceive could be dramatically cutting their chances of pregnancy, according to a study. Drinking a pint of semi-skimmed or skimmed milk or eating two pots of yoghurt a day almost doubles the risk of an increasingly common...

Rocky: The crazy new contenders

"It's a scene from cinematic legend – the plucky underdog boxer sets off on his training run backed by supportive locals and a stirring soundtrack. Except this is no real Rocky, as our man shows by suddenly...

Spirits high at Great British Beer Festival

"The Great British Beer Festival served the first of an estimated 300,000 weird and wonderful pints from across the globe on Tuesday as a London exhibition hall was transformed into the biggest pub in the...

Smaller beer for British drinkers (AFP)

" LONDON (AFP) - The British pint of beer is famous worldwide but now -- after a hundred years of neglect -- the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is reintroducing the "nip" or third-of-a-pint serving. Beer will be dished out in nips at the Great British Beer Festival, which...
 

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