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talkpolitics...But be careful with the drinks as well tonight! :)
Anyway. Something not so political for the occasion:
A few notes. Interesting to see the decline of spirits/rise of beer in the Eastern bloc. I assume due to better imports and ease of manufacture post-communism. Although this may reflect another problem. In Serbia, they couldn't control the alcohol consumption because they make their rakija at home. Same for Bulgaria I think, as our Bulgarian folks here could confirm. That's an ages old tradition, and it may distort the data because it doesn't get properly attested.
By the way, special attention to Portugal. For those interested, Portugal has the most ancient continuously sustained wine production region of the world, having produced wine without interruption since the Romans (see red zone, denoting the Porto wine) on this map of the Portuguese wine regions:
MAP
And a curious fact. The writing of the American Constitution was commemorated by the Fouding Fathers with a toast with Portuguese wine (Madeira brand). Last year they foud a secret room at Liberty Hall with a stack of this wine dating from the American Revolution.
On other notes, I'm a bit skeptical that beer is strongly preferred in Austria. They have a huge domestic wine industry. In Vienna at least I'm quite sure wine is as commonly consumed as beer, particularly in summer as a Spritzer.
In general, it's interesting to note drinks are determined by language families. Germanic languages drink beer, romance countries drink wine and Slavic people do spirits. That's a broad generalization of course, but still.
You? What are you having for the party tonight?
Anyway. Something not so political for the occasion:
A few notes. Interesting to see the decline of spirits/rise of beer in the Eastern bloc. I assume due to better imports and ease of manufacture post-communism. Although this may reflect another problem. In Serbia, they couldn't control the alcohol consumption because they make their rakija at home. Same for Bulgaria I think, as our Bulgarian folks here could confirm. That's an ages old tradition, and it may distort the data because it doesn't get properly attested.
By the way, special attention to Portugal. For those interested, Portugal has the most ancient continuously sustained wine production region of the world, having produced wine without interruption since the Romans (see red zone, denoting the Porto wine) on this map of the Portuguese wine regions:
MAP
And a curious fact. The writing of the American Constitution was commemorated by the Fouding Fathers with a toast with Portuguese wine (Madeira brand). Last year they foud a secret room at Liberty Hall with a stack of this wine dating from the American Revolution.
On other notes, I'm a bit skeptical that beer is strongly preferred in Austria. They have a huge domestic wine industry. In Vienna at least I'm quite sure wine is as commonly consumed as beer, particularly in summer as a Spritzer.
In general, it's interesting to note drinks are determined by language families. Germanic languages drink beer, romance countries drink wine and Slavic people do spirits. That's a broad generalization of course, but still.
You? What are you having for the party tonight?
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Date: 31/12/19 18:23 (UTC)And weed from some hydroponic indoor factory located somewhere in the suburbs, no doubt.
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Date: 31/12/19 19:39 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 1/1/20 10:16 (UTC)It didn’t work, but I awoke to an unfinished glass of the frog. Goes great with a bacon sandwich avec ketchup. Who knew?
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Date: 31/12/19 23:40 (UTC)I started with some French sparkling and ended with a small armagnac. That damn bottle is going last me the rest of my life, I swear.
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Date: 1/1/20 10:28 (UTC)Which Armagnac? One of my old chum’s dad had a thing about vintage Armagnacs and showed him how to appreciate it. He, of course, then had to show off his newly acquired knowledge to the rest of us, as all young men do.
I hope I live long enough to guide the offspring through the processes of such evaluation; if they are not made completely worthless by the mess we have gotten ourselves in as a species, of course.
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Date: 3/1/20 11:11 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 31/12/19 18:39 (UTC)Have a great new year everyone!
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Date: 31/12/19 19:20 (UTC)(no subject)
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