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Another Hit to Your Bar Tab

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If your next trip to the bar feels a little pricier, this might be why.

Taxes on alcohol have gone up this month after the UK government introduced new duty rates, with all types of alcohol seeing a 3.66% increase, in line with inflation.

Whether that actually shows up on your receipt is another matter.

It’s now up to individual businesses to decide if they pass those extra costs on to customers, or swallow them themselves.

You may think that’s unlikely, but Gef has spotted that The Front Porch and Grain and Vine have decided against the rise.

A Grain and Vine Spokesperson said: ‘Once again we’re seeing rising costs across the industry – this time through increases in beer duty, which directly affects draught products.
‘We’ve been streamlining the business as much as possible behind the scenes, and we’re happy to say we won’t be passing these increases on to you.
‘All draught prices are frozen from our current pricing structure.’
GREAT WORK GUYS. Gef’s a fan of that.
In the new rates, beer is now taxed at 95p per litre, cider at 48p per litre, and still wine at £3.52 per litre. Spirits and other drinks have also seen similar inflation-linked bumps.

In other words: The UK government has nudged the price of a drink up, but how much you feel it depends on where you buy it and how kind your local is feeling.

For some, it’ll mean barely noticing.

For others, it could be the final straw that turns ‘just one more’ into ‘actually, maybe not’.

If you fancy diving into the detail (or want something to blame next time you look at a bar tab), a full list of the new alcohol duty rates is available at the UK Gov Website HERE.

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