Brits are being warned to expect a 'summer beer drought' as workers making Budweiser , Stella Artois, Becks, Boddingtons and Export Pale Ale are set to strike.
Workers at the Budweiser Brewing Group's Lancashire site, which brews these beers, have voted to down tools over a real terms pay cut.
A total of 225 GMB union members at the brewery will begin an overtime ban from May 11.
GMB organiser Stephen Boden said: "This industrial action is a result of Budweiser brewing group's management making a frankly insulting pay offer. They are choosing to ignore workers and put profit before people with this derisory pay offer."
The union said that after "months of discussion", the world’s biggest brewer tabled a full and final offer of a 3% increase for 2022 and 3% for 2023, with increases in overtime rates, reports the Liverpool Echo.
However, it said that with the cost-of-living crisis and inflation at 9%, "the offer amounts to a massive pay cut in real terms".
GMB added its members also support full strike action at the Samlesbury brewery, with the dates still to be confirmed.
Boden said: "Workers are rightly angry and if this strike goes the distance Budweiser could face a summer beer drought.
"How can they expect hard working staff to accept a real terms pay cut? But it’s not too late for management to listen to workers and get back round the table with us to work out a fair deal."
A spokesperson for AB InBev, which owns Budweiser, has been approached for comment.
A spokesperson from Budweiser Brewing Group recently told CNN in a statement that the company was offering a competitive package "in the 90th percentile for total compensation - with benefits that include private medical cover and bonuses".
"We've made significant investments in Samlesbury which have resulted in further innovation and automation, additional skills development, promotions and many new job opportunities. Over recent years we have increased our headcount by over 65," the spokesperson added.
The Mirror reported in February that the average pint will cost more than £10 if inflation continues at its current rate until 2030.
The good news is the current rates are mostly just a reaction to the pandemic, meaning things like energy prices should start to fall again as demand returns to normal levels and interest rates slowly creep up - rebalancing the economy.
But in a scenario that it didn't, Brits could find themselves priced out of many everyday goods.
London is already the most expensive place to grab a pint, costing around £6 right now - or £10.50 if inflation were to continue rocketing.
The world's second largest brewer, Heineken, is to increase the price of its beers due to the impact of inflation.
The Dutch company, which supplies brands including Strongbow cider, Amstel and Europe's best-selling lager, Heineken, blamed soaring ingredient and energy costs.
It comes after the founder of Cobra beer also said its prices will rise because of "vicious" cost pressures.
