I noticed that too, happened after the budget when the prices were all supposed to be cheaper. I am sure I bitched about it too <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D --> Tesco had big stickers mentioning how their beer was cheaper after the budget but O'Haras was more expensive.. boo down with that sort of thing.
&quot;a_friend_in_mead&quot;:2crpkwy0 wrote: On a slightly related issue here[/url:2crpkwy0] is an interesting picture of what Americans spend their money on for the last 100 years.
alcohol seems to be fairly stable (except during prohibition)[/quote:2crpkwy0]
There's a bit of a bulge in the 50s and 60s - that'd be the peak of cocktail culture, I reckon.