That figure is sort of correct. We grow a lot of malting barley for large and small breweries so i just worked out the amount of and cost of barley (the main ingredient besides water) in a pint, i worked it out to 7-8pence per pint. There are other ingredients and the processing cost but even if you triple the cost to say 22p/pint theres still an immense markup.
More trivia; if you drink 7 pints per week (the recommended max units) you need 850 square feet (29ft x 29ft) of land to grow the barley on.
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