How much do you spend on booze?

[Globalti]

Alcohol isn't a big part of my life; some weeks I don't drink anything at all, most weeks a couple of beers at a cost of £2.00 to £6.00 depending on where I buy them - Booths supermarket £1 promo bottles or draft down at the local. Chuck in a couple of glasses of wine from the bottle in the kitchen and I seldom exceed £7.00 in a week, most weeks probably no more than £3.00.

So how much do you spend?

 

[MacB]

these days maybe £100 a year which is scary considering that when Jane and I first met we could blow that between us in a weekend no problem.

 

[ColinJ]

Far too much, and I have done most years since I was 18 except when I decided to stop drinking to concentrate on getting my degree, getting fit or staying sane!

I really must cut back again to more sensible levels. I'd never do what you do though. I either like a clear head or to get slightly sloshed so it is nowt or 4 or 5 pints a night for me these days. When I was young it was nowt or 10-12 pints, but as I am getting older my tolerance for booze and interest in it are declining. I think 3 pints a night would be the cut-off at which I'd finally decide that I wouldn't bother any more.

 

[SquareDaff]

About £30 a month - but that's the wonder of home brew!!

 

[tyred]

I haven't spent a penny on booze since about 2007

 

[mickle]

Sweet Fanny Adams these days - although, up until Jan 2010, I had already drunk a lifetime's quota. And then some.

 

[asterix]

1875 ml per week of red wine. That works out at c. 8 euros(£6.70)/week or nearly £350 p.a.!

 

[Paul J]

I used to make a lot of homebrew started at 13/14 by the plastic dustbin full. 2 dustbins on the go up to about 10 years ago when I was diagnosed with type 2 diabeties. These days I spend about £10 on a small bottle of whiskey per month.

 

[Moodyman]

I spend about £20-£30 - most of that's during Christmas office parties.

I don't drink at home

 

[DCLane]

I cut out alcohol last year as part of the weight loss, it's worked and I've not had a drink since Christmas 2010.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

It is hard to calculate that, considering I go for ages without drinking anything, and then I have one great splu.... Spluuuuuu..... Spwluuurrrgggggaaaaa! On one night.

Not after the last time though, oh no ( no genuinely, due to various reasons).

 

[MrB1obby]

About 6 months ago I was spending upwards of £50 a week comfortably (student). However now it is less than a tenner a week because I'm fed up of 'wasting' so much money, and being unfit.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Nil, I'm a "double espresso macchiato" total.
Should the occasion warrant it a good red wine priced at least a tenner is a must.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Well, I once spent £27 on a single of some 44 year old Whisky, amongst other things.

Boy was THAT an expensive evening!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Well, I once spent £27 on a single of some 44 year old Whisky, amongst other things.

Boy was THAT an expensive evening!

A good whisky is like a good wine, worth the money but needs good food to go with it (well, the whisky after the food!)