Brit pubs slammed for cheeky pint tactic costing punters £114 further per yr

British pubs have been slammed after it emerged they were ripping off customers with a cheeky short-measure tactic.

Tests done by Chartered Trading Standards Institute showed that out of 137 drinks they bought, 96 of them were not full – and it has been claimed that this is costing thirsty punters £114 per year. According to the results, most drinks were only 95% of what they should be, with seven out of ten falling short.

And the most under-poured drink was a pint of beer, with a whopping 86% of drinks not being filled up as they should be.

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If you drink wine, you’re also not safe from this, as 43% of glasses were left without proper measures.

Labour MP Jess Phillips, vice president of the CTSI, said: “The cost of living means people can hardly afford a drink and to discover you’re being served short measures adds insult to injury. You should get what you pay for.”

And a spokesman for the CTSI said when releasing the shocking results: “There is more work to be done in ensuring that customers get what they pay for. This is the first time that we have been able to build a national picture of how widespread short measuring of alcoholic drinks is.

“We simply don’t have the resources to undertake spot checks. We are calling on the hospitality sector to ensure customers are getting value for money by correctly measuring the drinks they are serving in the nation’s pubs and bars.”

According to finder.com, the average price of a pint across the UK is £5.17 – meaning you’re paying around 15p for booze you’re not getting.

And it’s worse in London where the average pint price sky rockets to a whopping £6.75, compared to just £2.74 across the world.

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