Quote Originally Posted by PhilipK View Post
When I moved to England and started drinking bitter, the standard beers in the pubs were mostly in the range of 2.8% to 3.5% ABV. There were a very few at around 4.5%, but they were reserved for weekend drinking or winter specials. We now seem to have moved to a point where 5% is regarded as standard, 6.5% is strongish, and Roaster Coaster (which I'm rather fond of) is 9%.

I think I need to explore more of these 0% and 0.5% beers, especially as our local Tesco has a decent range of them.

When did you move to England? I'm 63 and around Durham/Newcastle back in the 70s we drank S&N Exhibition/Brown Ale, Draught Bass, Cameron's Strongarm, Castle Eden Ale, Vaux etc, all 4.2%-4.7%.