Craft brewers are set to bring back 1970s favourite shandy post-pandemic to fuel the thirst for no or low alcohol beer as growing numbers of young people go teetotal.
Beer start-ups who are turning their hand to making so-called nolo beverages are now giving shandy a fresh spin as demand for craft versions of the drink rise.
Sainsbury s is set to begin selling craft brand Shandy Shack, based in Oxford, across its stores from next month, the Guardian reports.
It comes as sales of nolo beers rose by 30 per cent between 2016 and 2020 as nearly one in four 18-24-year-olds become teetotal to improve their health.
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The Morning Advertiser (MA), on 23 March members of Scottish Parliament passed The Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill heralding the creation of a statutory pubs code and an independent adjudicator role.
The Bill was originally put forward by Labour MSP Neil Bibby in an effort to ensure tenants in brewery-owned pubs are not bound to what are seen to be unfair deals and gives around 700 Scottish tied pubs similar rights to those in England and Wales.
Provisions set out will cover all the tied pubs in Scotland owned by Admiral Taverns, Greene King/Belhaven, Hawthorn, Trust Inns, Punch and Star Pubs and Bars.
The price of a pint has risen to £7 at some bars in London with pubs hiking prices by as much as £1.10 to claw back losses made during lockdown.
One punter said a single pint of Peroni has rocked by 60p from £6.40 to £7 in Roehampton, South West London, since the reopening on April 12.
Social media users also blasted the shocking increase, claiming a Sam Smiths beverage has risen by £1.10.
The price hike follows breweries adding more than 12p a pint to brands including Budweiser, Stella Artois and Becks.
One consultant from a beer outlet said an increase of 4p to 5p is expected year on year, but labelled a rise of 9p as absolutely ridiculous , adding that over 12p is just scandalous .
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The hellish 10pm curfew that pushed masses of folk out onto the streets at the same time and was backed up by no scientific evidence whatsoever that it actually reduced Covid transmission.
Those expensive plastic screen dividers, complicated traffic light navigation systems and the ludicrous Scotch egg substantial meal rule.
Being ordered to check in using a QR code on a privacy-invading government phone app that one day soon might contain your health records before being able to order a pint.
Wear a mask in a pub beer garden, but only when you re going to the loo.
And, in Sturgeon s Scotland, a modern form of prohibition that actually bans pubs from serving any alcohol indoors whatsoever!
Police struggle to control crowds after Covid hospitality rules relaxed
Huge turnout at pubs over the weekend was impossible for officers to manage, as venues also criticise ban on indoor dining
People dine and party along a street in Soho as lockdown rules are eased
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Covid rules forcing people to eat and drink outside pubs and restaurants have left police in an impossible position with officers unsure how to deal with large crowds, it was claimed on Sunday.
In city centres across the country, closed off roads were transformed into makeshift party venues with bars and restaurants offering outdoor seating for customers.