Beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage in the world, a standing that has been boosted by the drink's relative affordability compared to cocktails or wine at a bar. But everyone from multinational brewers to small craft beer companies to pub chains has been warning about the beverage's inevitable price increase. In the United Kingdom, for instance, the average cost of a pint of beer has soared by 70 percent since the global financial crisis. The mean price for 568 milliliters of brew has gone from f2.30 in 2008 to E3.95 in 2022. The cheapest pint was found in a pub in Lancashire, in the northwest of England, at fl.79. The most expensive? London, of course, where one unnamed pub was charging a whopping E8.06 on average. But London is far from the priciest place to buy a beer. It's the seventh most expensive capital, according to one beer index, which analyzed the price of brew from local supermarkets and hotel lobbies. Tokyo, Bern, Paris, Beijing, Amman and Doha top the list of most expensive places to buy beer, with a pint costing nearly $20 in Qatar's capital. Why? The short answer is inflation. The long answer extends from the cost of raw materials to the wages of the bar staff pouring your pint.