Brewers go global as UK lager market loses cheer

The British were once synonymous with beer drinking, but results out this week from the world’s biggest brewers confirm that our love affair with lager has lost its fizz.

The beer market is in decline in the UK as Britons turn their back on what is these days often seen as an unhealthy and downmarket drink. The trend has not been helped by a host of factors this year, as the recent round of brewing figures has revealed.