PINTS of beer have come down to as low as $3.50 after the onset of a price war around Perth.

The booze war has been brewing for some time - instigated by the introduction of $4 pints at The Village in Subiaco in January.

That substantial reduction in price has seen the nearby Vic Hotel follow suit, one upping them with a cheaper-than-a-coffee pint at $3.50.

And it’s not just in Subiaco where the cost of consuming is coming down.

Across town in Midland, the Grand Central Hotel is costing a price at $3.80, while you can even get on the beers for a lowly $2.50 in the heart of the CBD.

While not a pint, the Petition Beer Corner in the old Treasury building in Perth is encouraging punters to sample a number of the craft brews on tap, with 150ml tasters for $2.50.

The Village and the Vic Hotel have already seen the benefits of low cost brews - with the venues packing out most days.

Camera Icon A beer war is brewing in Perth.

Prior to slashing the price the Vic Hotel had an average of 65 people in the venue on a Sunday.. now, according to Bevan Marwick, the co-owner, they are seeing crowds of four to five-hundred people at any one time.

The Hay Street venue has had to brand the beer as its own after the brewer expressed concern about it's product being devalued however, and there’s growing concerns about the health implications.

WA Health Minister Roger Cook said there was concern about binge drinking and the responsible service of alcohol.

“It strikes me that that is a very low price. What that suggests to me is that they're encouraging dangerous levels of consumption of alcohol, which leads to dangerous situations,” he said.

But Petition manager Josh Edmeades said it was just a more convenient way to try a wider range of beers.

“Being that we have twenty taps of great craft beer, we want you to try a fair bit of it,” he said.

The Health Minister added he would like to see a floor price on alcohol in WA, which was discussed at a preventative health summit last week.

He warns venues selling cheap alcohol need to be well aware of their duty of care.