Customers will pay £25 for a pint of beer in 2032

A pint of beer could cost up to £25 in 30 years time if current trends continue, says the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA).

To coincide with celebrations for the 30th anniversary of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide, the organisation is looking to the future.

It is predicting huge changes in the British beer and pub market over the coming decades including an increased stranglehold by large global companies, the continuing demise of rural pubs and less consumer choice.

And is urging the government to act now to halt growing anti-competitiveness by the large pub chains and global brewers and prevent many of these fears from becoming a reality.

Roger Protz, editor of guide,, said: "If we want to continue to enjoy the great British pint in local pubs of the future, action needs to be taken by the Government now, in the form of a national strategy to deal with growing anti-competitiveness by the large pub chains and global brewers."

Among CAMRA's predictions are:

• There will be just two major brewers producing two beer brands each

Two big pub chains will control over 50 per cent of all pubs with an increase in themed identikit bars

Nearly 8,000 local community pubs will have closed, many having been turned into private houses

60 per cent of all beer will be drunk at home with people enjoying a pint in 'virtual pubs' from the comfort of their arm-chairs

An increase of 40 per cent (to 600) in the number of small specialised breweries selling local real ales, but with a tiny share of the total market.