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Drinking habits are changing in the UK, and alcohol makers are adapting to the tastes of Gen Z.

Henry Westons is one of them, as the brand dropped a traditional name for one of their drinks and lowered the alcohol by volume (ABV) of the pint.

Their Henry Westons Perry decided to axe the word 'Perry' due to it falling out of favour.

Darryl Hinksman, Westons' head of business development, was asked if he things the word is dead, to which he responded: “Yes. People didn’t know what perry meant.

“We were constantly having to explain that perry is a cider-type drink made from perry pears, but that you can actually make perry from any pears.”

However, perry producers have taken umbrage at this, with James Forbes at Little Pomona Cider & Perry, saying: "Given that the Westons fac

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