Guides
The beer pages answer one question each. These are the longer pieces, for when the answer needs the working shown: the tax band behind all the 3.4% lager, what that does to the units in your pint, what the small print on a can has to tell you, and who brews what. Each one carries its sources, and anything we could not source is flagged on the page rather than smoothed over.
Strength, duty and units
Why so much beer here is weaker than the same brand abroad, and what the strength means for what is in your glass.
How many units are in a pint of beer? The sum, a table by strength and pack, and the beers whose British pint is lighter than the one at home. Read the guide Why so much beer in Britain is exactly 3.4% strong The duty band that explains the 3.4% cluster, with the published rates and the arithmetic. Read the guide
Checking a beer yourself
What the small print has to say, and what to do when two listings for the same beer disagree.
The Mahou problem: when the can and the carton disagree A worked example of verification: two Morrisons listings, two answers, and why both were right. Read the guide How to read the small print on a can Where the producer has to be named, what "brewed for" means, and why listings contradict the can. Read the guide
Who brews what
Which brands have changed brewer, and which of the Spanish and Italian lagers on the shelf are made in Spain and Italy.
Every change of UK brewer since 2022 A dated timeline of who took over brewing which brand, and where it moved to. Read the guide Spanish lager in Britain: which is actually Spanish? Madrí, Cruzcampo, San Miguel, Mahou, the two Estrellas and Rosa Blanca, sorted by where they are made. Read the guide Italian lager in Britain: which is actually Italian? Peroni, Moretti, Poretti, Menabrea and the Japanese lager that is brewed in Italy. Read the guide