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INSIDER’S Week in Beer: 💂How to Say Craft in a British Accent

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Apparently the U.K. beer scene saw MILLER LITE’s revival of Less Filling, Tastes Great and said, ‘Hey let’s do that for craft beer!’ Yes, the great BA independent seal debate of 2018 (which seems like it might as well have happened in 1998) has reared its head across the pond in 2024. (Wait, I thought they were supposed to be 5+ hours ahead of us?)

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