The company that owns the pubs has confirmed a variety of price increases for beers and spirits.
Those who drink Jersey Brewery Special bitter will be handing over £2.14 for a pint that cost ?2 before Wednesday this week.
And those who enjoy a pint of Carling lager will pay ?2.52 rather than the previous price of ?2.40, while a pint of Guinness also rises by 12p to become ?2.62.
The cost of Gordon’s Gin or Teachers’ Scotch whisky has gone up by 14p a measure, rising to ?1.99.
CI Hospitality managing director Philip Daubeney said that the increases came in the wake of both Jersey budget duty rises and prices charged by suppliers.
But there is more bad news on the way, as drink prices will go up again in May when the new three per cent goods and services tax comes into force.
However, there is some good news from wine drinkers, as prices will remain the same for now. Soft drink prices have also been frozen.
Mr Daubeney said that the brewing part of the business had had to withstand increases in hops prices of 150 per cent, while malted barley had gone up by about 25 per cent on world markets.
However, he said the price of a pint of Jersey Brewery Best bitter had risen by 4.5 per cent, equal to the local rate of inflation. The price is now ?2.09, compared to ?2 before the increase.
Mr Daubeney said that Jersey Brewery normally put up its prices earlier in the year but had put back the increases until now because of delays in receiving notification of increases from suppliers.
‘No one likes putting up prices but the rate of the increase has, where possible, been limited to the Island’s current rate of inflation of 4.5 per cent to five per cent,’ he said.
He added that the costs of running licensed premises continued to increase.
Meanwhile, the other main pub-owning company, Randalls, has no plans to increase prices at present.
Managing director David Le Quesne said they had already passed on duty and supplier increases. But he also expressed concern at the effects GST would have on business.
