Your average Joe Brit can’t even afford to buy a Pint anymore.
Much the same here; a beer in any bar around these parts is minimum five bucks, and in a restaurant fugedaboutit!
A lot of the price is because of gov’t mandated regulation, licensing and insurance, there is nothing anymore the gov’t doesn’t have their filthy hands in, unless you are a criminal illegal alien invader then you get the store for free.
I think it’s near £2 a pint now. Astonishing.