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of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20% port up £1.30. the wine and spirit trade association says it represents the biggest price increase for nearly 50 years. now, to support pubs which have been hit by the pandemic and rising prices, draught drinks are largely protected from the duty rises that other drinks are seeing, which means that you should pay up to11p less duty on a pint of beer bought from a pub than you would pay on the same pint from a supermarket. these duty changes are welcome. they hopefully will make for a fairer system, recognising lower strength products should receive lower duty. however, there is still an increase overall for the beer. for your bottles and cans, they will become 10.1%. and unfortunately, that costs the industry some £225 million. the government says it wants to simplify the alcohol tax system, while protecting producers and pubs. but it has to raise revenue, too. and for those who like their alcohol strong, drinks will get more expensive.