While today it is the percentage of alcohol in a beer that is taxed, in the Middle Ages, it was the herbs. “Every place had its own particular mixture, which tax would be collected on,” de Splenter ...

HANOI -- Vietnam's lawmakers approved raising the tax on beer and strong alcoholic beverages on Saturday to 90 percent by 2031 from the current 65 percent, state media said. The tax rate on ...

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam's lawmakers approved raising the tax on beer and strong alcoholic beverages on Saturday to 90 percent by 2031 from the current 65 percent, state media said. The tax rate on ...

Beer, meanwhile, is defined as a malt beverage obtained through fermentation. Beverages containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol aren’t considered beer or wine.

“Dry January” may be over, but the sober movement is set to continue. The IWSR projects that the market for no-alcohol beer, wine, and spirits (0.0-0.5% alcohol by volume) will deliver a 7% ...

According to ESPAD studies – global research conducted among youth – the most common drink for alcohol initiation in Poland is beer. This is due to several factors. Firstly, it is the cheapest and ...

Alcohol-free and low-alcohol beer production in the EU jumped by 13% from 2022 to 2023, while the share of traditional brews declined. How large is the gap now? #EuropeInMotion ...

The U.K.'s duty rates are as follows: beer with an abv of 3.4 percent or less is taxed at $12.04 per liter of alcohol, while beer with an abv of at least 3.5 percent (but less than 8.5 percent) is ...

Alcohol-free beer has been gaining popularity in recent years as beer consumption shrinks. At Weihenstephan, which was founded as a brewery in 1040 by Benedictine monks, non-alcoholic wheat beer ...

Even at Oktoberfest — arguably the world’s most famous ode to alcohol — alcohol-free beer is on the menu. All but two of the 18 large tents at the festival offer the drink through the ...