UK alcohol duty for one SKU - 1 February 2026 rates

Duty per can, bottle or keg at the rates that took effect 1 February 2026, with draught relief and the 20-litre container test.

Band and rate applied
2026 duty rateGBP / LPA
Pure alcohol per containerLPA
Duty per containerGBP
Duty on this runGBP
Gap against your price sheet, whole runGBP
Saved by draught relief on this runGBP
Days to the next upratingdays

Full version: CSV export of every SKU you price, so the numbers leave the browser into your duty return, plus an alarm before the next uprating date you set.

$60 once · one licence key per person or team seat · 7-day full refund. Brewery software that files the UK duty return starts at £29.99 a month (Breww) — about £360 a year for the duty numbers alone.

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The 1 February 2026 band table
Picks the duty rate per litre of pure alcohol from the ABV band and the product category, using the rates that took effect on 1 February 2026 - the 3.66% RPI uprating that replaced the 1 February 2025 table.
Draught relief with the 20-litre test
Applies the draught rate only when the container is at least 20 litres and the product is under 8.5% ABV, so a 440 ml can never picks up the keg rate by mistake.
Gap against the rate on your price sheet
Compares the 2026 rate with whatever rate per litre of pure alcohol your price sheet or quote still uses, and prices that difference across the whole production run.
Duty per container and per run
Shows litres of pure alcohol per container, duty per container and duty on the whole batch, so the figure can be dropped straight onto a costing sheet.
Days to the next uprating
Counts the days to the date you set for the next uprating or price-sheet review, because duty was uprated on 1 February in each of the last two years.

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Duty per can, bottle or keg at the rates that took effect 1 February 2026, with draught relief and the 20-litre container test.

Brewery software that files the UK duty return starts at £29.99 a month (Breww) - about £360 a year for the duty numbers alone.

Buy the full version — $60

Questions people ask

What does this actually work out?

It takes one product - category, strength, container size and run size - and returns the UK duty. A 20,000-can run of 5.2% beer in 440 ml cans is 0.02288 LPA a can at £22.58 per litre of pure alcohol, so £0.52 a can and £10,332.61 for the run: £366.08 more than the 1 February 2025 rate of £21.78.

Who is it for?

UK craft brewers, cidermakers, small distillers and drinks importers who set their own prices and file their own alcohol duty return. If somebody in your business types a duty rate into a costing sheet or a customer quote, this is the check that rate should pass first.

Why not just ask a chatbot or use a free calculator?

Duty rates were uprated on 1 February 2026 and models trained earlier answer with the 1 February 2025 table, which is 3.66% low. Most free calculators also hand you the draught rate without testing the 20-litre container rule, so a 440 ml can gets a keg rate.

What is free and what needs the key?

Every number is free and unlimited: band, rate, pure alcohol per container, duty per container, duty on the run, the gap against your sheet, and the draught test. The $60 key is a different job - exporting those rows as CSV and setting an alarm before the next uprating.

What would this cost otherwise?

Brewery management software that calculates and files the UK duty return starts at £29.99 a month, roughly £360 a year, and you buy the whole production system to get the duty numbers. This is a one-off $60 key, and the calculation itself stays free forever.

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