The average price for a pint revealed – how much is booze in YOUR area?

THE terms of a pint has present deed £5.08 connected mean crossed the UK, adding much symptom for drinkers and boozers.

This means the mean terms of a pint is present 26p higher than the £4.82 reported by the Office for National Statistics successful December, according to The Morning Advertiser's terms pint survey.

Beer prices person been pushed up owed to a perfect tempest of regularisation changes, including increases to taxes connected alcohol, packaging and leader costs.

The commercialized work routinely examines pint prices crossed assorted regions of the country.

The astir costly portion is inactive London, wherever a pint costs £6.16 connected average, and the cheapest is Midlands astatine £4.47.

Between August 2024 and January 2025, the mean outgo of a pint roseate successful each portion but two.

In some the East and West Midlands, prices fell by 6p, bringing the mean outgo of a pint down from £4.53 to £4.47.

All different regions experienced terms increases.

London saw the largest rise, with the outgo of a pint climbing by 24p (4.05%), from £5.92 to £6.16.

Scotland, meanwhile, recorded the steepest percent increase, with the mean outgo of a pint rising by 7.19% - an further 34p - taking prices from £4.73 to £5.07.

Other regions besides saw notable increases.

In the North East, the terms of a pint roseate by 24p, moving from £4.65 to £4.89.

The North West followed, with an 18p increase, taking the outgo from £4.85 to £5.03.

Wales experienced a emergence of 17p (3.64%), with prices expanding from £4.67 to £4.84.

The Morning Advertiser's survey analysed the emblematic costs of implicit 30 brew brands, spanning categories specified arsenic lager, craft, cask, and stout.

It besides looked astatine the outgo of a pint per marque too, revealing trade brewers Beavertown Neck Oil arsenic the astir expensive, costing £6.36 connected average.

While the cheapest pint is Camden Pale Ale, costing £5.59.

The survey besides analysed the astir costly pints by marque for each of the UK's main regions.

In London, Peroni takes the apical spot astatine £6.93, reflecting the capital's higher outgo of living.

In the North East, Peroni and Asahi are the priciest options, some averaging £6.15.

Meanwhile, successful the North West, Heineken leads astatine £6.75.

Beavertown Neck Oil dominates arsenic the astir costly pint successful respective regions, costing £6.58 successful the South East, £6.84 successful the South West, £6.70 successful Scotland, and £6.38 successful Wales.

In the East and West Midlands, Beavertown Neck Oil is besides the priciest, but astatine a much humble £5.70.

BREWERIES AND PUBS STRUGGLE

Breweries and pubs across the UK person struggled successful caller years arsenic the high cost of living sees customers' budgets instrumentality a dent.

The accrued outgo of brewing and brew prices, arsenic good arsenic rising energy bills, person besides had an impact.

Recent figures analysed and published by the Altus Group revealed implicit 400 pubs across England and Wales were demolished oregon converted for different uses successful the twelvemonth to December.

This saw the fig of pubs crossed the 2 countries dip beneath 39,000 for the archetypal time.

More than 34 pubs a period called past orders for the last clip implicit the twelvemonth - the sharpest autumn successful pub numbers since 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic.

UK pub numbers person present plunged by much than 2,000 since the commencement of 2020.

A fig of pubs are besides informing they volition person to hike prices for customers this twelvemonth aft the Government's Autumn Budget.

Employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and the nationalist minimum wage are some rising from April.

But businesses person cautioned this volition unit them into upping the terms of drinks arsenic they effort and sorb the other costs.

Simon Dodd, main enforcement of Young's, said the concatenation plans to hike its prices by betwixt 2.5% and 3%.

Wetherspoons besides precocious hiked the terms of immoderate of its drinks and repast deals by up to 30p aft a informing from boss Tim Martin.