PUBS are charging as much as £7 for a pint this Bank Holiday weekend as costs rise for landlords.

Rising wages, energy prices and other costs mean punters will have to fork out extra for their drinks.

The price of a pint is rising, with some pubs charging £7

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The price of a pint is rising, with some pubs charging £7

According to The Mirror, a pub at Heathrow Airport was selling Medicine Man IPA for the equivalent of £8.30 a pint.

A pint of Amstel was £7 at Manchester Airport and a Beavertown Neck Oil at a pub in Borough Market, London, was £6.65.

Another London bar, near St Paul’s Cathedral, was charging £6.50 for a pint of Gamma Ray.

Pubs usually charge more at airports and central London locations.

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In January, the British Beer and Pub Association said the average cost of a pint in the UK is £4.07.

It estimated that Londoners pay £4.84 on average – although some pubs in the capital already charge over £6

However, those average prices are on the rise due to inflation.

The cost of a pint of beer could jump from £4.07 to £4.40, reaching an eye-watering £5.22 in London.

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Environment Secretary George Eustice warned food and drink prices could rise by up to 8% this summer as inflation grips.

The Bunch of Grapes in Borough already charges £6.75 for a pint of Amstel, while a Staropramen in The World’s End in Camden costs £6.70, The Sun reported earlier this year.

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Nik Antona, CAMRA’s National Chairman, blamed the hike on rising employment, supply chain and goods costs.

Meanwhile, soaring energy prices have also impacted pubs, hitting landlords with higher gas and electricity bills.

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