CUE: From pales to ales, London is becoming the homeland of new boozes and e beers thanks to diverse small and bigger businesses. If you like spending a crafternoon with friends or you are always looking for new flavours, in the following months your pint could be more bitter. Giulia Busellato reports.
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LINK: The world of the craft beer has been living in uncertainty since the Brexit Referendum in 2016. The price of imported beers and raw materials are becoming more and more expensive. Beer and Burger Store is a family business that has one of London’s biggest beer selection, with daily rotating taps and nearly 350 brands from all over the world. Milo Oddi works at the Willesden Green brunch. He’s concerned that a no-deal Brexit will drastically shrink the numbers of their products and destroy the heart of the business...
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LINK: Lots of companies rely on the free movement of goods and labour force between the EU and the UK. Small businesses don’t know if this’ll remain unchanged in the event of a no-deal Brexit and fear that they loved products will be stuck in warehouses, unable to be sold. The Italian Job is the first Italian craft beer pub in London. The company serves craft beers from Parma and Lake Como with food from the Italian cuisine. The Manager Alessio Cirillo says that the uncertainty of Brexit is putting their business at risk...
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LINK: In the immediate aftermath of the referendum, microbreweries like the London Beer Lab in bustling Brixton experienced a 20% increase in the price of raw
materials coming from Germany and Belgium. Is it the beginning of the end for small businesses? Karl Durand O’Connor, one of London Beer Lab’s owner says it’s being a bit of a struggle....
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LINK: While the entire nation awaits for the result of the general election, the UK is still scheduled to leave the EU at the end of January. If the economy catches a cold in the back of Brexit, beer lovers might have to accept high rises in beer’s prices and less choice on the menu or switch to cheaper mass-market brands.
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