Arthur Henry
@casktheory.bsky.social
Musings and rants about beer
Tracking Guinness price volatility in Belfast
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Tracking Guinness price volatility in Belfast
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Eleven major beers have all landed at exactly 3.4% ABV.. not 3.3%.. not 3.5% exactly 3.4%. Funny how that's 0.1% below the duty threshold that saves brewers millions 👀 casktheory.co.uk/the-great-3-...
The Great 3.4% Gold Rush: How Big Beer Found the Magic Number - Cask Theory
The UK brewing industry has discovered a magic number. Foster's, John Smith's, Carlsberg, Coors Light, Sol, Grolsch, Greene King IPA, and now Molson Coors' new Caffrey's Black Stout have all reformula...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Eleven major beers have all landed at exactly 3.4% ABV.. not 3.3%.. not 3.5% exactly 3.4%. Funny how that's 0.1% below the duty threshold that saves brewers millions 👀 casktheory.co.uk/the-great-3-...
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Reading a mostly excellent book about effects of diet on blood pressure. Every single point about health effects of diet is carefully footnoted and points to serious research. Until we get to “drinking more than 14 units a week is a well known risk factor.” No footnote. Why would that be, I wonder?
January 20, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Reading a mostly excellent book about effects of diet on blood pressure. Every single point about health effects of diet is carefully footnoted and points to serious research. Until we get to “drinking more than 14 units a week is a well known risk factor.” No footnote. Why would that be, I wonder?
Next time you're in a #Belfast #pub, look at the taps. #Guinness, #Rockshore, #Harp, #Smithwick's all together? That's not taste. That's debt. Here's why it costs £100,000 just to get permission to pour a pint in Northern Ireland casktheory.co.uk/the-100000-l...
The £100,000 License: How Northern Ireland Froze Its Pub Trade in 1923 - Cask Theory
Next time you're in a Belfast pub, look at the taps. That lineup isn't about taste.. it's about debt. Northern Ireland's licensing system, frozen since 1923, requires £100,000 just to get permission t...
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January 19, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Next time you're in a #Belfast #pub, look at the taps. #Guinness, #Rockshore, #Harp, #Smithwick's all together? That's not taste. That's debt. Here's why it costs £100,000 just to get permission to pour a pint in Northern Ireland casktheory.co.uk/the-100000-l...