THE REASON YOU PAY $20 FOR A PINT AT AUSSIE PUBS
It’s becoming common to pay up to $20 for a pint of craft beer at Aussie pubs, according to an industry expert who says the industry is being “squeezed” by rising operating costs.
“If you’re looking at a high-end craft beer you’re probably looking around the $20 mark,” the head of the Australian Hoteliers Association’s South Australia branch, Anna Moeller, told ABC Radio this week.
“But if you’re looking at something more standard you’re probably down around the $12, $13 (mark).”
The discussion brewed after media personality Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello posted an image of two drinks at an undisclosed bar to his Instagram account: “A rose and a pint was $42.50 at a bar tonight.”
“You have to feel for bars competing with wage increases, product increases, and taxes … but $42.50?” the travel and lifestyle TV host wrote.
Ms Moeller said the high cost of Mr Costello’s order might have been due to public holiday rates, but added it was an unfortunate fact that hotels needed to increase prices to keep their heads above water in an under-pressure industry.
“We know that hotels are being squeezed at the moment, their profit margins are being squeezed.”
Rising costs for insurance, wages, energy, and products were making all contributing to stress in the hospitality sector, Ms Moeller said.
Pubs and clubs also have to contend with excise taxes for beer and spirits, which increase every six months “like clockwork”.
Several independent breweries have gone into administration in the past year including Brisbane-based Ballistic Beer Company, Adelaide business Big Shed Brewing, Melbourne-based Hawkers Brewery and the Wayward brand and Akasha Brewery, both from Sydney.
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