But Roger Protz, editor of the Good Beer Guide rejects the idea that the UK is a dependency culture reliant on drink.

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Launching the 40th edition of its Good Beer Guide, Camra revealed that Wales now boasts 52 breweries, helping to push the UK total to 1, 009, the highest number for 70 years.

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According to Roger Protz, editor of Camra's Good Beer Guide, lager took off during the 1970s due to a combination of social change and brewing giants looking after their own bottom line.

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