Price of a pint as high as £8 for first time

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The price of a pint of beer has risen by more than 70 per cent since the 2008 financial crash, exceeding £8 for the first time in London as pubs are hit by spiralling inflation. Analysts at Bernstein said this week that the rising cost of barley, of which Ukraine accounts for 17 per cent of global exports, was a “big negative” for brewers, estimating that “a realistic worst case would see malting barley inflation of approximately 70 per cent”. The latest CGA data shows that the average price of a pint was up more than 7 per cent since 2020. Greene King, a chain operating around 2,700 pubs, said last month it was rising prices by 4.7p per pint on average while Marstons, the brewer, put up prices by around 8 per cent in March.