@Awwww. Poor wee breweries..
Too Right!!
Beer is made up of 96% water and if it cost's Joe Bloggs 30p a pint to make at home it probably cost's the brewers about 10p a pint to make in mass amounts! so even if cost's did double it wouldn't reflect much on the price. Blaming crude oil prices is just an excuse!
Three words: Rip Off Britain
This is interesting though! - http://www.pintprice.com/region/United_Kingdom/
anyway, I just saw that it's £2.14 a pint down under so i've had enough of the nanny state robbing me of my hard earn cash so i'm on the next flight out!