Beer more expensive than petrol!  Add/Read Comments

Between 1999 and 2004 wine sales in the UK rose by 23 per cent; the British now drink more than one billion bottles of wine a year. At the expense of beer it would seem.

Scotsman.com
"I worked out this week that at a horrendous 89.9p a litre, my unleaded petrol is costing me a wallet-shredding £4.08p a gallon. But far more terrifying is the price of beer. You may not have noticed (because sitting with your elbow on a bar is much more fun than standing in a windy forecourt), but you will, on average, have to pay around £2.30 a pint these days, which works out at an absolutely mind-stuffing £18.40 a gallon!"