This London pub is selling pints ‘at 2013 prices’ all weekend

From the Harlem Shake to Miley Cyrus’ twerking at the VMAs and the arrival of Prince George, 2013 now feels like a much simpler time.

The world felt a little less dark, and frightening concepts such as ‘the manosphere’ hadn’t yet entered the mainstream consciousness.

Another thing that was substantially better 13 years ago was the cost of living. Since 2013, prices in the UK have increased by approximately 48.76%, primarily due to soaring inflation following the global COVID-19 pandemic.

In terms of how that affects the everyday Brit, what cost £10.00  in 2013 would now be the equivalent of £14.21 in February 2026.

But one brewery in London is doing its best to try and make sure this weekend doesn’t break the bank.

Five Points Brewing Co in Hackney, East London, is offering 2013 prices on pints all the way through till Sunday – meaning visitors can enjoy a beer of their liking for just £4.25.

For the first time in over a decade, Londoner’s will be able to leave the house with only a fiver in their wallet.

Anyone who’s visited or lived in the capital will know all too well how expensive drinking out in pubs and bars has become.

The average price for a pint in London is now £6.75, with some spots in central hubs like Soho and Liverpool Street charging upwards of £7.50.

Explaining why Five Points were so keen to embrace lower prices for the weekend, Ed Mason, co-founder and managing director at the brewery, tells Metro that given what a ‘challenging time’ it’s been for independent pubs, he’s incredibly proud to still be going strong 13 years after the brewery’s launch.

Wanting to say ‘a massive thank you’ to all the loyal customers and neighbours they have here in Hackney, the co-founder added that it felt only right to bring back 2013 prices for one special weekend.

However, Ed did add that due to the ‘relentless rise in beer duty and other costs’, this kind of offer is not something Five Points can do on a regular basis.

Beer duty in the UK is a tax charged on the production or importation of beer with an alcoholic strength exceeding 1.2% ABV (alcohol by volume).

Following the release of the 2025 Autumn budget, the government announced that it would be updating all alcohol duty rates in line with the 3.66% increase in the Retail Price Index (RPI). As a result, UK beer duty is now almost three times the EU average.

With 3,500 or so pubs in London being forced to increase their pint prices, inevitable closures have taken place. In 2025 alone one pub per day shut its doors for good in England and Wales.

And predictions for this year look even bleaker. UKHospitality’s analysis suggests that 540 pubs will close this year if the government doesn’t introduce a hospitality-wide solution.

The pub where you can buy a pint for under £2

It’s not all doom and gloom.

The Ardwick pub in Blackpool has gained a large following online for charging prices that were last normal in 1997 for some of its pints.

Favourites such as Fosters, Strongbow cider or John Smiths cost only £1.80 per pint.

Landlady Lynn Haworth told The Sun: ‘When I took over here in 2010 a pint cost £1.49, and I’m pleased my customers are only paying 31p more 14 years later.

‘I manage to keep prices so cheap because of the volume I sell. I didn’t design the pub to be the cheapest in Britain, it just turned out that way.

‘Sometimes if a group comes in and they are buying rounds, you can hear them saying to their mates “hurry up and drink them, we’ve been undercharged”, but they haven’t’.

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