Highlights
- Stanley’s Mayfair bar charges £11 for a pint and £10 for Guinness.
- The Connaught Grill sells a 330ml beer for £12.50.
- CAMRA says tax pressure is forcing pubs to raise prices or close.
The development follows Diageo's announcement that draught prices would rise by 5.2 per cent in April as operational costs increased.
Pub owners had previously told the Morning Advertiser that Diageo appeared "hell-bent on having the first £10 a pint beer."
London's average pint now costs £6.50, according to the Morning Advertiser, making it one of the most expensive cities in the country, just behind Oxford at £6.75.
The national average stands at £4.52, with lager at £4.82, per the British Beer and Pub Association.
Camra chair Ash Corbett-Collins told The Telegraph that pubs and breweries should not carry the blame.
"Extreme financial pressures from the Government are forcing publicans to either raise their prices or consider closing for good," he said, calling on ministers to reduce employer National Insurance contributions, reform business rates and lower VAT on hospitality food and drink so that pub-going remains affordable.
Pub landlords welcomed the government's January announcement of a U-turn on business-rate relief, after chancellor Rachel Reeves had moved to cut the pandemic-era discount from 75 per cent to 40 per cent.
The number of pubs across Britain, however, continues to decline.
