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Originally Posted by gynn
As for pricing of alcohol, the suggestion has been to make the minimum price 50p per unit to get rid of cheap 2 for 1 supermarket and off licence offers. It equates to a pound a pint, so unless there are any pubs selling beer below that level, they won't be affected.
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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
Secondly, it only equates to a pound a pint if beer is of a certain strength and that would push most real ale past the £3 a pint mark. Also, if what you say were true then we should be seeing pints sold for less than a quid now and we aren't.
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Maths time again.
Taken from here
Real Ale Pub Online
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One unit of alcohol is equivalent to the amount in half a pint of 3.6% abv beer.
To work out the number of units of alcohol in one pint of your favourite real ale, you can use this handy formula – 0.568 x %abv = number of units. Units calculation is based on volume of the drink in millilitres (568 in a pint) x 0.001 x % alcohol by volume. Example 1: One pint of 4.8%abv beer = 2.73 units (568 x 0.001 x 4.8 = 2.73) : Example 2: One 125ml glass of wine @12%abv = 1.5 units (125 x 0.001 x 12 = 1.5).
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So if
0.568 x %abv = number of units
then
%abv = number of units / 0.568
So here we go folk
£3 / 50p = 6 Units
6 / 0.568 = 10.56 % abv
You drink some wicked real ale. Some wine is only that %abv so you could get a pint of wine for £3
If you don't believe me about the wine read this
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Alcoholic beverage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wine is produced from grapes, and fruit wine is produced from fruits such as plums, cherries, or apples. Wine involves a longer (complete) fermentation process and a long aging process (months or years) that results in an alcohol content of 9%–16% ABV. Sparkling wine can be made by adding a small amount of sugar before bottling, which causes a secondary fermentation to occur in the bottle.
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0.568 x 9 = 5.1 units 5.1 * 50p = £2.55
0.568 x 16 = 9.1 units 9.1 * 50p = £4.55
If my maths are wrong is because I drank too much whiskey last night
