Cheapest unit of alcohol?

[jamiebae]

So, after the massively OTT reaction to the 'Tokyo' 18% ABV 'beer' encouraging binge drinking what is actually the cheapest unit of alcohol you can purchase.

A few ground rules - it must be on sale in UK high street or online stores and sold as a drink suitable for human consumption (even if it's not strictly drinkable!)

To get things started, Tesco Value Gin is £6.98 for a 700ml bottle according to mysupermarket.co.uk and 37.5% ABV making 26.25 units or 26.6p per unit.

So, should tramps drink cheap gin, or is strong beer or white cider still the way forward for getting hammered on a budget?

[matchmaker]

Don't know, but my local Tesco have started security tagging bottles of cheap cider, which suggests that these are targetted by alcholic thieving pikey chav scum.

My tipple of choice - Thatchers Vintage - is, I am glad to say, obviously not a target

[Mattt]

In a pub/bar it has to be Wetherspoons Wray & Nephew.

[lockhart flawse]

Sam Smiths - £1.37 a pint.

L.F.

[MickC]

Traditionally best alcohol/price goes to cheap sherry.

QC, 700ml 20%, about 14units for £3.54 at tesco. 25.2 pence/unit

There must be cheaper own brand sherry around.

[krazykris88]

Mattt said:

In a pub/bar it has to be Wetherspoons Wray & Nephew.

that is 1 horrible drink! but its goooood!

[prand]

i remember a few years back as students we worked out the percentage of alcohol vs price of all the booze in our local supermarket.

We found that sherry had the most alcohol per pound, so we used to drink lots of it, mixed with very cheap lemonade before going out. Did the trick...

[jamiebae]

Asda appear to sell something called 'Mansion House' sherry for £2.40 for a 700ml bottle at 13% ABV making it 9.1 units at a cost of 26.4 pence each.

However, we do have a new leader, it's called 'Royal Emblem British Fortified Wine' and a 1.5 litre bottle costs you £5.39 at Asda, and at 15% ABV it comes out at a tramp-tastic 24p per unit of alcohol!

[neilsfishing]

Halfords windscreen wash

[OnTheOverrun]

Tesco value mouthwash.

Edited by OnTheOverrun on Wednesday 29th July 20:29

[baughany]

Nail Polish Remover

Mmmmmm acetoney

[kiteless]

My last batch of clover wine.

Massive punch for the cost of 1lb of sugar and a teaspoon of yeast.

[R60EST]

Er indoors occasionally buys Asdas own brand cheap cider , she pretends it's Magners and pours about 2 teaspoons full of cider over nearly a pint of ice. Apparently it's about £1.20 for 2 litres @ 4.2% abv , so given 500ml of the awful stuff is 2 units 1 bottle = 8 units : £1.20 / 8 = 15p per unit. I'd bet Aldi /Lidl / Netto etc probably do it cheaper / stronger , could we have a sub 10p /unit

Edited by R60EST on Wednesday 29th July 23:09

[Shaolin]

I once saw Somerfield "White ste" cider, 9% 2L for £1.99. If I knew what a unit was I could work it out. I think they stopped doing it not long after - this was 3-4 years ago.

[anonymous-user]

kiteless said:

My last batch of clover wine.

Massive punch for the cost of 1lb of sugar and a teaspoon of yeast.

My lawn is bloody covered in clover! whats it taste like! and you got a good recipe

[jamiebae]

Asda 'Premium' strong dry cider in a 3 litre bottle is 5.3% and £2.78 so 17.5p per unit.

They also sell Oakstone Cider in 2l bottles at 4.1% alcohol for £1.21 at 14.8ppu making it the new leader(I've made up that abbreviation myself!)

Do you think supermarket price comparison sites were invented for people to analyse the cheapest way to get completely battered while spending as little money as possible?

[bigburd]

The original tramp juice



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denatured_alcohol

£2.98 / 0.5 litre

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detai...

Probably not good for a long and happy life though

[Broccers]

Has anyone tried Raki - that's cheap and strong, also horrid.

[jamiebae]

In France you can buy a litre of wine for under €1 which at 12 % makes 12 units so well under 10ppu. Unfortunately in the UK it seems impossible to get a bottle of wine for under £3 and even at £3.50 it's usually far worse than €1.50 French stuff.