THE sobering prospect of paying £25 a pint by 2040 is on the horizon, a study warns.
The average cost of a lager has already gone up 11 per cent this year to £4.69.
Latest research adds to pressure to pub patrons as beer becomes increasingly unaffordableIf that rate is maintained annually, then in 16 years it will cost a wallet-busting £25.70.
Drinkers have already faced a 28 per cent rise over the past five years from when a pint was £3.67.
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