One of Britain's biggest pub chains will stop selling Jägermeister and French brandy ahead of Brexit

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• Pub group JD Wetherspoon said it will stop serving Jägermeister and French brandies Courvoisier VS and Hennessy Fine de Cognac.
• The drinks will be replaced by US and Australian brandies, and a British liqueur.
• Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin, a supporter of Brexit fan, said the move is about offering more choice and better value to customers.
• It is not, he said, not due to concerns about the certainty of supply after Britain leaves the EU.

LONDON — British pub group JD Wetherspoon has announced plans to cut back on serving European alcohol ahead of Brexit, and says it will instead serve replacement drinks from markets like the US and Australia.

Wetherspoon, which operates around 1,000 pubs across the UK and Ireland, said on Wednesday that it will stop selling German liqueur Jägermeister, and French brandies Courvoisier VS and Hennessy Fine de Cognac at its pubs from September.

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