Well it was the budget this week and Uncle George announced that the price of a pint is set to increase due to rises in Government alcohol duty rates.
The Treasury said rates will increase by 2% above RPI inflation, so prices will rise by 5% from next week.
CAMRA said the announcement will lead to the price of a pint increasing by between 5p and 10p in pubs and means that beer duty has increased by more than 40% since 2008.
Chief executive Mike Benner said: "The fact Britons are forced to pay over 40% of the EU beer tax bill but consume only 13% of the beer sold in Europe is remarkable. British beer in a pub is so heavily hit with duty and VAT, the taxman's whirlwind hikes translate to him guzzling a third of every pint served, a shadow cast over the beer drinker depriving people of an affordable night down their local."
Luckily we bought our current beers before this price rise, so for this week at least, our ales remain just £2.50/pint for social club members (on Thursday & Friday nights).
Tonight and tomorrow from 8pm, we've got:
Adnams Lighthouse & Elgoods Spring Challenge.
Drink up quick like Uncle Dave!!!
