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Real ale's renaissance owes much to a decision taken in 2002 by the then chancellor, Gordon Brown, to give 50% tax relief to the smallest beer producers.
Real ale sales on the rise as Britain's beer drinkers tire of lager Raj Sandhu 2010
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Real ale's share of the draught beer market – served in pubs and clubs – rose from 5.8% in 2008 to 6.1% last year, the first increase for generations.
Real ale sales on the rise as Britain's beer drinkers tire of lager Raj Sandhu 2010
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According to figures released by the British Beer and Pub Association, ale's share of the £17bn UK beer market rose to 20.6% last year, up from 20.4% in 2008.
Real ale sales on the rise as Britain's beer drinkers tire of lager Raj Sandhu 2010
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I asked him if he thought that pumpkin ale's success was due to the "gimmick factor."
Long Island Beers 2008
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Owens says that pumpkin ale's chief flavor -- besides from the malt and hops -- comes about only from the addition of pumpkin pie spices.
Gregory Daurer: It's the Great Pumpkin Beer, Andy Brown! 2009
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Honestly, I've had a lot of brown ale's in my day, and the lil' bandit was easily toward the bottom of the list.
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Somebody asked me about the Housman poem, "Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff": "Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink/For fellows whom it hurts to think:/Look into the pewter pot/To see the world as the world is not."
The Book of Virtues 1994
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In the same year the Rev.J. Snelgar, vicar of Royston, hung himself in his own rooms at the residence (now Mr. Walter -- ale's) [Transcriber's note: several characters missing from Walter's surname] near the Sun
Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston
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Here Ah finds 'ee in misfortune, order the stuff tha needs, pay for it, give' ee good counsel and call 'ee Ned, and 'tis not till ale's drownin' t 'sadness of' ee where it bides, that
Ambrotox and Limping Dick Oliver Fleming
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'Fo'penny ale's as much as a father can expect when his loving son is a-spendin' the whole of his inheritance upon him. '
Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray
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