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How we all became beer drinkers

“Last year, beer was Britain’s most popular national drink. Eight million pints of it were sold in pubs, supermarkets and convenience stores”
“The number of women who said they enjoyed real ale as part of their regular drinking repertoire had doubled from one year to the next”

When I was about seven years old, pubs made me mad. It was a pub that exploded any additional chances for me – the youngest and the only girl – to persuade my eldest brother to play just one more game of chess. He usually won – unless he conceded once

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