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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoso the reason i haven’t seen it is probably the alcohol tax that adds 50€/liter of pure ethanol to every beverage. it’s just not useful here.
minus-squareGil, The Shitposter Of Ages@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agowait. as in, every beverage has 50£ worth of pure ethanol added to it? if so… no wonder Slavs are always depicted as drunk off their asses LOL or is it a 50£ per litre of pure ethanol on each pallet of alcoholic beverages (eg… 2l of pure ethanol adds 100£ of tax to the pallet price)?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoa 10% ABV half-litre bottle will have 2.5€ in tax added to its price for the ethanol content.
minus-squareGil, The Shitposter Of Ages@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agothat is… so incredibly -strange-. was this added to encourage citizens to homebrew their own alchohol, or something? thats about the only reason I could think of…
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agohomebrewing is very much illegal. this nation historically has a drinking problem.
minus-squareGil, The Shitposter Of Ages@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days ago“this nation”…? there’s quite a few that use €… not sure which one you’re referring to.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoyeah sorry, i expanded on it in another reply to my comment. and i’m just using euro to make grasping the costs easier, not many people are up on the exchange rate of the krona :)
minus-squareGil, The Shitposter Of Ages@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 hours agoSweden! Great place. lots of food I’ve yet to try. 1kr ≈ 1US¢ iirc. pretty easy to convert. its about the same as JPY, back in '09ish, when 100ish JPY=1USD.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 hours ago10kr is about a us dollar, has been for a long time, so before you get tempted by local pricing you should update your conversion chart :P
so the reason i haven’t seen it is probably the alcohol tax that adds 50€/liter of pure ethanol to every beverage. it’s just not useful here.
wait.
as in, every beverage has 50£ worth of pure ethanol added to it? if so… no wonder Slavs are always depicted as drunk off their asses LOL
or is it a 50£ per litre of pure ethanol on each pallet of alcoholic beverages (eg… 2l of pure ethanol adds 100£ of tax to the pallet price)?
a 10% ABV half-litre bottle will have 2.5€ in tax added to its price for the ethanol content.
that is… so incredibly -strange-.
was this added to encourage citizens to homebrew their own alchohol, or something? thats about the only reason I could think of…
homebrewing is very much illegal. this nation historically has a drinking problem.
Norway?
“this nation”…? there’s quite a few that use €… not sure which one you’re referring to.
yeah sorry, i expanded on it in another reply to my comment. and i’m just using euro to make grasping the costs easier, not many people are up on the exchange rate of the krona :)
Sweden! Great place. lots of food I’ve yet to try.
1kr ≈ 1US¢ iirc. pretty easy to convert. its about the same as JPY, back in '09ish, when 100ish JPY=1USD.
10kr is about a us dollar, has been for a long time, so before you get tempted by local pricing you should update your conversion chart :P