20-08-2005 05:14									#1
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...and a wine belt and a vodka belt? Iwoldu say yes.
But where do they go?


I think this map I found is quite good, altoguh it's from 1987 so it doesn't show the former Russian-oppressed countries. Except Czechoslovakia, which goes to show what kind of a hardcore beer country thta is (Slovakia could be considered border-line wine belt though, along with Hungary).

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	20-08-2005 05:19									#2
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for comparison, here's the american beer belt

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	20-08-2005 09:11									#3
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I thought all of Europe forms a single Beer Belt

Beer

	20-08-2005 09:16									#4
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Ours is better.

	20-08-2005 09:27									#6
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Our beer belt, that is, provided it has the right beer in the belt.

	20-08-2005 17:06									#7
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quote: Originally posted by BeBro I thought all of Europe forms a single Beer Belt

So did I, but in some places they consume more of some weird drink called "wine"

	20-08-2005 17:14									#8
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@Gangerolf: You're a shame to the vodka belt.

	20-08-2005 17:29									#9
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But I don't feel like a vodka-belter. I'm from a beer enclave under siege by moonshine-drinking hillbillies and people who think anything stronger than water is the Devil.

	20-08-2005 17:32									#10
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Vatten är ett dödligt gift,
omger Visby stift.

(Sorry, it just doesn't work in translation:
"Water is a deadly poison,
Surounds the diocese of Visby.")

	20-08-2005 17:41									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf So did I, but in some places they consume more of some weird drink called "wine"

Heretics!

	20-08-2005 19:27									#12
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At last the important questions

Our beer is good

	20-08-2005 20:56									#13
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That map looks pretty traditional to me and the local drink reflects the climate for agriculture. Where they grow grapes they drink wine, where they grow grain they drink beer and where nothing much grows at all they distil spirits from mouldy potatoes.

The beer here in Ireland is pretty good. I used to dislike Guiness (to name but one) in the UK but here (where the water is right for the recipe, unlike Stoke-on-Trent or wherever) it is nectar of the gods almost.

Mind you the whiskey is pretty good and there has been a big push to sell wine in the last 6 months. There was a report a couple of days ago that more women than men in Ireland are seeking help for alcohol addiction and it's because they are drinking wine. I don't see the problem myself (takes another sip from a glass of very palatable Cote du Rhone).

	20-08-2005 20:58									#14
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quote: Originally posted by CerberusIV Mind you the whiskey is pretty good and there has been a big push to sell wine in the last 6 months. There was a report a couple of days ago that more women than men in Ireland are seeking help for alcohol addiction and it's because they are drinking wine. I don't see the problem myself (takes another sip from a glass of very palatable Cote du Rhone).

Being a bag-in-box wine alcoholist has become quite the thing among women here in recent years.

	20-08-2005 20:58									#15
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Ireland's beer exports are terrible. Beer in Ireland better be better than this stuff.

I have found Belgian beers to be the most refined, German and Czech beers the most satisfying.

	20-08-2005 21:02									#16
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I usually find myself drinking German or Czech when going out.

When I buy beer for home, I usually buy Swedish, 'cos I'm cheap when I'm sober.

	20-08-2005 22:48									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse Our beer is good

Is Foster's still Australian for Beer?

	20-08-2005 23:26									#18
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Kauno alus, matured deep in Zaliakalnis hill in 1850 made tanks, which still look as new...

	21-08-2005 01:33									#19
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I have plenty of beer under my belt. But perhaps that was not the question?

	21-08-2005 01:39									#20
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Sweden is the only Christian country in the World where you can't buy regular beer in the supermarket. Even in Norway, you can do that (but it's expensive). In Sweden, the supermarkets can't sell beer stronger than 3.5% by volume.

	21-08-2005 01:57									#21
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there are states in the US which you can't sell beer in supermarkets..

but then, the US isn't a Christian country

JM
(I thought recently sweden quit being one also.. but not sure)

	21-08-2005 02:05									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Jon Miller there are states in the US which you can't sell beer in supermarkets..

Only on Sundays and it can not be cold any other day of the week.

	21-08-2005 03:39									#23
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umm, can't be sold in any supermarkets in Maryland, I think

and liquor can't be sold on sundays

and alcohol can't be sold (but can in bars) after midnight

JM

	21-08-2005 04:11									#24
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if we have beer we know all will be well

	21-08-2005 04:27									#25
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beer is so bitter- bleh

	21-08-2005 04:38									#26
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only the first couple of sips

	21-08-2005 04:43									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Datajack Franit beer is so bitter- bleh

Bitterness varies with the type of beer.

give it a chance, good beer is as complex as good wine. One could claim wine is nothing but acid and bitterness anyway.

	21-08-2005 04:52									#28
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I tried and tried but it just makes me physically sick

	21-08-2005 05:00									#29
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I hate most beers

I like a belgian Lambic (very fruity)

JM

	21-08-2005 05:01									#30
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Lindeman's is I think the producer, and yeah, Lambic is the name..

JM