But now a new segment is emerging, as consumer interest in mid-strength alcoholic drinks increases. Mid-strength alcoholic drinks contain up to 50% of the alcohol content of their full-strength ...

When several major brewers were reported to have reduced the strength of beers recently, including Fosters lager (cut from 4% alcohol by volume (ABV) to to 3.7%) and ales such as Old Speckled Hen ...

Beer with a strength between 1.3 per cent and 3.4 per cent carry a duty of £9.27 for each litre of pure alcohol, whereas beer with an alcohol strength of 3.5 per cent to 8.4 per cent carries a ...

Beer lovers have complained a popular lager has been “ruined” after its alcohol by volume (ABV) strength was reduced to 3.4%. Grolsch Premium Pilsner had a higher ABV of 5% up until its ...