Sunday 3 July 2022 02:21 AM Prices of schooners and pints at pubs spikes in Australia trends now
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Once unthinkable, a $20 schooner could soon be upon as inflation continues to hit pubs hard and brewers brace for another crippling tax hike.
A punter this week captured a snapshot that will surely send a shiver down the spine of beer drinkers, a pub in Western Australia advertising a local tap ale for $17.20 per pint.
The eye-watering price, sighted at Common Bar and Kitchen at Perth Airport, comes as beer prices reach record levels across the country with a fresh beer excise tax set to raise prices again in August.
Beer prices have surged beyond $17 in some places - seen here in Western Australia - amid industry warnings costs for drinkers is only going to surge further
The increase, the second for the year, threatens to push some tap beer prices beyond $20 per pour as pubs and clubs also continue to factor in increased labor costs and a nationwide power shortage.
John Preston, Chief Executive of the Brewers Association of Australia, said the industry was concerned about the rising costs in Australia where tax on beer is the fourth-highest in the world.
'The price of a beer at a bottle shop or in the pub is impacted by inflation in the same way as all other products. What we also see with beer however is the twice-yearly beer excise increases bringing extra financial pain to pubs, clubs and beer drinkers,' Preston told Daily Mail
