What do you do? elimite dosage for lice Taxes on alcohol are prohibitive, of course: the average price of a bottle of wine is now £5. Of this, VAT will be 83p and alcohol duty will be £2, accounting for 57pc of the price. No less than 79pc of the cost of a bottle of vodka is tax. The average pint of beer has reached £3.03, of which 94p, or 31pc, goes directly to the Treasury.