Peter Lalor

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Peter Lalor said he believes he drank The Most expensive beer in history

An Australian cricket journalist was in error £55,000 charged for a single bottle of beer in a hotel in Manchester.

Peter Lalor ordered £5. 50 Deuchers IPA in The City 's Malmaison hotel, before setting off to discover stunned, he £55,315 was charged. 12 (A$99,983. 64).

thank You , Mr Lalor, who was believed in the town to cover The Ashes series, he drank, "The Most expensive beer in history".

A spokesman for The Hotel apologised and said an investigation had been launched.

However, The Money left over, Mr Lalor's account and he says he was told that it is 10 working days for the refund to be processed.

The Journalist who writes for The Australian newspaper, said he had warned the barmaid for a "sixth sense, that something has gone wrong".

"Australians in England is quite expensive in General, but this one takes the cake," he said.

"That's a lot of money. I'm not just a cricket writer, I earn a lot of money and it is costing me in Interest . "

The Deuchers IPA worn, the price tag of £5. 50

Writing on Twitter, he said: "I had my glasses to read, if You put me an invoice. I said I wanted a receipt and went to leave.

"Something, however, made them ask me: 'How much do I have to pay only for the beer?' They checked at covered her mouth, started giggling, and refused to tell me, just said that it was a mistake and they would solve it.

"she was giggling. I told her it had to can be fixed and fixed now.

"You ran to your Manager, took The Situation far more seriously and went to the attempt to get a refund. She told me someone would be in contact. "

Two mornings later, Mr Lalor says he took a call from his wife to say, The Money was in fact left your account.

Malmaison hotel apologised and said an investigation was said in the way that may also Interest You :

thank You , Mr Lalor, who also writes about beer for the newspaper: "to add insult To injury, they charged £ 1000 transaction fee. To The Money back I not easy to rest. "

A hotel spokesman said: "We are currently conducting an investigation into what has taken place. We apologize for the contact with Peter and to make sure this error was corrected as soon as possible. "

As for the beer itself, Mr Lalor said, that at least was a success.

"It's a good beer," he later tweeted. "The original version, it will think a bunch of awards, including the Supreme Champion Beer of Britain, but if You that no beer is worth more, The Best part of $ 100,000, then I'm inclined to agree with You . "

A spokesman for Visa, said the "unusual" case shows how important it is to always have the details of payments and receipts to verify.

He added: "to authorize a visa, decisions, payments. It is the bank, the to make a decision is the responsibility of the card holder, based on A Number of factors, including the available resources.

"We are working with both the cardholder and merchant from the banks to help resolve this error. "

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Source of news: bbc.com