This will have you crying in your beer -- the cost of the foamy beverage is climbing in Pennsylvania and the rest of the country.

Breweries say they are jacking up the prices because of a shortage of hops -- one of the key ingredients in beer.

Several breweries are already raising their prices.

Anheuser-Busch plans a price increase early this year. Brewing insiders say hops, one of the grains used to make beer, has gone in up in price nearly 25 percent in a year. And production is down, too.

Breweries are also facing increased costs for energy and even the aluminum used in cans.

DD Note: Drink only imported beer and ale, who would ever allow the weasel piss brewed by most US brewers to ever touch their lips? If you do, well . . . buy the imported stuff any way . . . it'll create a surplus of the lesser-tasting stuff and the price will drop. Buy beer only in bottled form . . . aluminum-canned beer just ain't natural to begin with . . . if all else fails . . . subscribe to this motto: "Never ask how much it costs . . . consider only what it's worth" . . . and you'll be fine!