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Why the great British pint is the one thing the modernisers still haven't dared try to abolish 200 years after it officially came into being...
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June 13, 2024
There will be no peal of bells. No service of thanksgiving is planned. With one or two exceptions, it is a celebration which is about to pass Britain by - which is odd given that this is one anniversary which was made for raising a glass. Monday will mark 200 years of a social, cultural, commercial and legal institution which can truly be said to be part of our national psyche: the pint of beer. The taste, strength and colour of British ales may have changed over the years, but the basic ingredients - including the green, flaky hops crumbling in my hand in one of our oldest breweries - are much the same. And the measure has not changed one jot.