Intrigued by ...

... the Beer (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI No 1795). How can legislation change a beverage? Or has it something to do with the memorable statement of a Commission official many years ago, in a lecture at the Law Society, that the Commission considered that bottled beer should be free? Sadly he was only talking abut tying restrictions ... But it turns out to be about excise duty, with a misleading title.