One could buy the cheapest pint of beer at a pub in the United Kingdom in Inverness for no more than *** British pounds on average in 2021. The second cheapest pint of beer in the UK could be purchased in Swansea for around *** British pounds.

London was the most expensive city for a pint of beer in the United Kingdom in 2021, where a pint of beer at a pub cost on average **** British pounds in 2021. Edinburgh and Birmingham came in second and third place, where a pub beer cost on average **** pounds.

As of 2025, the leading beer brand in convenience stores by sales in the United Kingdom (UK) was Stella Artois. In the 12 months that ended in March 2025, Stella Artois generated approximately ***** million British pounds from the sale of beer. Budweiser was the brand with the second-highest retail revenue in 2025 and sold ***** million British pounds worth of beer. Beer consumption in the United Kingdom In 2023, the annual average Consumer Price Index (CPI) of beer in UK reached its peak at *****. The price of beer has continuously increased since 2016. The annual volume of beer consumed in the UK amounts to approximately **** million hectoliters. Beer consumption and consumer spending on beer has fluctuated during the last decade. In 2020, the increase in consumer spending on beer was particularly high, exceeding the price increases by a noticeable margin. In the following year, the high spending levels remained. By 2023, expenditure had dropped again by over one million British pounds compared to 2021.

In 2023, consumers spent just over six billion British pounds on beer in the United Kingdom (UK). This represented the second year of decreased spending after many years of increases. Alcohol consumption In 2021, per capita beer consumption saw a notable rebound compared to the prior year's decline. Consumption had fallen in the early 2010's but rebounded a bit before the COVID-19 pandemic brought it to its lowest value in over a decade. In 2022, per capita consumption remained unchanged. Total consumption likewise rebounded by nearly 13 percent, though it declined slightly in 2022. Beer preference In terms of types of beer UK consumers preferred to drink, ales like India Pale Ale and regular pale ale topped the list. In the growing trend of low and non alcohol beers, Heineken 0.0 had the most sales in the country.