If it feels like your go-to pint of beer is creeping toward luxury status, you’re not imagining things—it actually is…at least in some U.S. cities.

According to new data from Toast, the median price of a beer across 20 major U.S. markets ticked up 1.9% over the past year, landing at $6.52. Not exactly wallet-crushing—yet—but dig a little deeper and the story gets more interesting (and a bit more expensive depending on where you’re drinking).

Let’s start with the heavyweight: Manhattan. The borough officially became the first—and so far only—place in the country where the median price of a pint has crossed the $9 line, now sitting at a lofty $9.16.

Close behind is Boston, where beer prices are steadily inching toward that same psychological barrier. At $8.69, Beantown is flirting with nine-dollar territory quickly.

Meanwhile, a handful of cities are seeing sharper jumps than the national average. Philadelphia, Nashville, and Washington, D.C. all logged increases of 3% or more—suggesting that what used to be a casual round is becoming a slightly more considered decision.

But thankfully not everywhere is trending upward.

San Antonio quietly claimed the title of most affordable beer city in the study, with a median price of $5.99—and it’s the only market where prices actually dipped year-over-year (down 0.4%). A small but notable win for budget-conscious drinkers.

Then there are the steady players.

Atlanta barely budged, with a near-imperceptible 0.03% increase, while Brooklyn (tracked separately from Manhattan) saw a modest 0.4% rise—proof that not every corner of the beer world is sprinting toward sticker shock.

So what’s driving all this?

It’s likely a perfect storm of rising costs for ingredients, labor, rent, and distribution—all of which eventually show up in your beer glass. Still, while the national average suggests a slow climb, the local reality can vary wildly depending on where you pull up a barstool.