A London pub is now charging £22.50 a pint.

Yes, you heard that right. £22.50.

The Craft Beer Co, which has bars across the UK, is selling Speedway Stout for more than five times the cost of an average beer.

Worth it? This pint will set you back a whopping £22.50 (Picture: SWNS)

But drinkers certainly do get a bit more bang for their buck, because the US-brewed stout is a pokey 12% ABV.


And if you don’t want to spend that amount of cash on a drink, then they are willing to sell it as a third of a pint for a bargain £7.50.

A barman in the chain’s Old Street pub said that the beer is pricey because of the ingredients.



The beer, which is made in California by San Diego-based AleSmith Brewing Company, contains Blue Mountain Coffee from Hawaii, as well as other expensive ingredients.

The stout can be bought at the Craft Beer Company pub in London’s Old Street (Picture: SWNS)

With a jet black colour and thick, syrupy consistency, the coffee-flavoured brew is thought to be the most expensive draught pint in Britain.

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However, drinkers were unconvinced with the pricey tipple, which costs more than a good bottle of wine.

One said: ‘It looks delicious, but it’s too busy – it tastes like an old blanket.

‘For me, the coffee doesn’t really do much to the pint but make it taste like it’s been poured into a dirty glass.

Aspiring actor Will Pyke, 24, from Brisbane in Australia looks thrilled to be slurping on London’s most expensive pint (Picture: SWNS)

‘I’m sure it’s to some people’s tastes, but definitely not mine.

‘It looks like Guinness but tastes like regret.’

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But others were more on side with the mega-posh pint.

A City worker, who asked not to be named, said: ‘That’s a nice pint that.

‘I wouldn’t mind splashing out on one if it were a special occasion or something.

But one person said the beer ‘looks like Guinness but tastes like regret’ (Picture: SWNS)

‘But I can’t imagine anybody spending an afternoon sinking beer that’s more expensive than my mortgage.’

Alesmith brewery in San Diego, California, USA, invented the stout as a ‘flagship’ export brew.

With an ‘ominous’ appearance, the flavours consist of chocolate and malts, supported by ‘notes’ of dark fruit, toffee, and caramel.

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