Major change to non-alcoholic beer planned that might make you more likely to drink it
ZERO per cent beers are likely to be made stronger to strive to convert more drinkers to more healthy alternate options.
Ministers need to bump up the authorized restrict for an alcohol-free tipple from 0.05 per cent ABV to 0.5 per cent.
They say it would match requirements in Europe and the US, boosting the market and giving drinkers more choices.
Brewers say they’ll get nearer to the style of traditional booze with the additional leeway.
Rob Fink, of Big Drop Brewing, stated: “0.5 per cent may only be a trace of alcohol but it makes all the difference to taste.”
The marketplace for low-alcohol drinks is booming — three in ten of us purchase them semi-regularly.
Studies have discovered no or low- alcohol variations slash the harm booze inflicts on the physique.
The Department of Health is operating an eight-week session on rule modifications, which may additionally drive producers to show ABV on low-strength bottles.
Matt Lambert, from the Portman Group, which is funded by the drinks business, stated: “We welcome the new consultation, which we hope will encourage further uptake of low and no alcohol alternatives.”
Guinness ‘pint’ row brewing
A ROW is coming to a head over new pint cans of Guinness.
The brewer boasts of its Guinness Draught: “New size. 538ml. Perfect for your pint glass.”
But prospects have identified that a pint is definitely 568ml.
One commented: “Anything below 568ml fits perfectly in a pint glass. It just may not fill it.”
Others stated the 538ml dimension permits room for the foamy head.
But one other drinker added: “Marked pint glasses have a line at 568ml with space for the head to sit atop.”
Guinness didn’t remark however an insider stated the cans would fill a pint glass after the “surge and settle”.
