date:Jul 11, 2012
Greg Mullholland MP, who campaigns on behalf of the UK brewing industry (and chairs an all-party 'Save the Pub' group in Parliament) expressed his dismay at the decision, and called on the government to ensure that future opportunities to showcase British produce were not lost.
Mullholland said that beer was the UK's national drink, and that the country had astrong and ancient traditionof brewing.
By choosing a mass-produced, bland foreign lager, the committee had ignored all the wonderful,