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Heineken 0.0

  • 22-05-2018 7:47pm
    #1
    downwesht
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭


    As a Heineken drinker I was interested to try the non alcoholic version to compare.It is excellent,great flavour,bite lacking a bit but more than acceptable if you have to drive and fancy something other than water or soft drinks.


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  • #2
    66_Lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭66_Lad


    Agree, easily the best non alcoholic for taste. However I was at a wedding in The Johnston Estate last wkend and was charged €6 for a bottle which I think was the same price as for alcoholic version...felt ripped off and stuck to water and a 7up after that!


  • #3
    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,463 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    66_Lad wrote: »
    Agree, easily the best non alcoholic for taste. However I was at a wedding in The Johnston Estate last wkend and was charged €6 for a bottle which I think was the same price as for alcoholic version...felt ripped off and stuck to water and a 7up after that!

    yep, can someone tell me is duty charged on alcohol free beers?
    It does seem like a total rip-off. I know the cost of brewing it is the same (or even more because they have to remove the alcohol) but is the greedy government still applying the same level of duty as if it were an alcoholic beverage?


  • #4
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    run_Forrest_run wrote: »
    yep, can someone tell me is duty charged on alcohol free beers?
    There is no excise duty below 1.2% ABV. The price of all beer is based on what people will pay for it, not what it costs to brew, how far it has travelled, or the taxes due on it.

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  • #5
    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,463 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    BeerNut wrote: »
    There is no excise duty below 1.2% ABV. The price of all beer is based on what people will pay for it, not what it costs to brew, how far it has travelled, or the taxes due on it.

    oh OK, thanks for clearing that up. So it's the publicans who are ripping us off..who would have guessed ;)
    When out on the dry I'd have a max of two non-alcoholic beers, something different from cokes/lucozade etc.


  • #6
    BeerNut
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    run_Forrest_run wrote: »
    So it's the publicans who are ripping us off
    They're taking a healthy margin, as is the brewer I'm sure. I bet the pub's margin on non-alcoholic beer is smaller than the one on soft drinks.

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    OldMrBrennan83
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