Just about everyone knows that a pint of beer is generally a fair bit cheaper in the North of England. There’s always going to be differences from one place to another, but when research shows that the difference has reached a huge 30p on every pint, you have to wonder whether this can really be justified.
It’s no surprise that in places like London the cost of a pint of beer is more expensive than elsewhere in the country, with an average price from the pump at £3.10, but it’s not just the big cities which are more expensive than elsewhere in the UK. The average cost of a pint of beer in Britain at the moment is £3, which was previously lower. However, an interesting point to note is that the average cost of a pint that’s brewed in the pub itself has been static over the past few years at £2.50. So, on average the cost of a pint has gone up by close to 10%, but pints brewed in pubs haven’t really changed at all.
It’s no wonder that there are over 20 pubs closing every week at the moment, as people simply don’t have the money to be spend on having a couple of pints after work. It’s much more of a luxury than what it once was and because of this pubs all over the UK are feeling the impact.
The book which reviews pubs and their prices, The Good Pub Guide, has even been forced to charge pubs to be listed. However, don’t think that they will put any pub in the guide once they pay, as this isn’t the case at all. They are still just as strict in relation to what pubs are listed in the book. The book is an easy way to see which pubs offer the best value for money, which pubs have character and the overall pub of the year (currently “The Potting Shed” in Wiltshire).
