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What country fits your drinking style? (Original Post) shenmue Dec 2014 OP
I got Namibia - the 33rd heaviest drinking country in the world. Initech Dec 2014 #1
Let's meetup at Ye Olde Windhoek Tap Room LynneSin Dec 2014 #3
Sure! Initech Dec 2014 #6
That's what I got too. 47of74 Dec 2014 #4
Kuwait. femmocrat Dec 2014 #2
Ever hear of it??? elleng Dec 2014 #5
I remember Timor when they had their war for Independence about a decade ago LynneSin Dec 2014 #7
Yes, I think so, elleng Dec 2014 #8
France -- I KNEW it! Arugula Latte Dec 2014 #9
The French drink a lot of wine with meals aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2014 #10
And then there's Marc de Bourgogne. hifiguy Dec 2014 #11
When I was in France everyone seemed to know someone on a farm... Major Nikon Dec 2014 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author panader0 Dec 2014 #12

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
2. Kuwait.
Fri Dec 19, 2014, 12:12 PM
Dec 2014

Not a drinker?

Nearly all of Kuwait's inhabitants also abstain - selling or drinking alcohol is illegal in the country. Kuwait is the lightest-drinking country in the world.

elleng

(130,974 posts)
5. Ever hear of it???
Fri Dec 19, 2014, 02:30 PM
Dec 2014

You drink like you're from Timor-Leste, which is the joint eighth lightest-drinking country in the world. (AH, that's East Timor.)



The average resident of the United States drinks a total of about 9.2 litres of pure alcohol a year, making it the joint 48th heaviest-drinking country.

You are on course to drink about 1.1 litres of pure alcohol over the year, which is 92% less than the average for men in the United States, and 78% less than the average for women.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
7. I remember Timor when they had their war for Independence about a decade ago
Fri Dec 19, 2014, 04:31 PM
Dec 2014

Capital is Dili

Am I right?

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
10. The French drink a lot of wine with meals
Fri Dec 19, 2014, 06:10 PM
Dec 2014

but not so much in bars or when they're enjoying a relaxing moment after the meal with a good book and a roaring fire. The French drink enormous quantities of cognac, armagnac, or other liqueurs and spirits like benedictine, grand marnier, verveine, pernod, and even whiskey (they seem to have an endless variety of hard liquor, like their cheeses) . In bars they're as apt to drink beer as wine. My mom's French and I've lived in France and done lots of background research on their drinking habits on a personal experiential basis.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
11. And then there's Marc de Bourgogne.
Fri Dec 19, 2014, 06:41 PM
Dec 2014

The "brandy" they make with the leftover grape squeezings. Rocket fuel and it tastes just like lighter fluid; kicks like a Missouri mule just for good measure. A friend of mine who has lived in Burgundy for ten years swears you can use Marc as paint remover. The Burgundians should stick to making wine and cheese.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
13. When I was in France everyone seemed to know someone on a farm...
Fri Dec 19, 2014, 09:26 PM
Dec 2014

who made their own calvados hooch and sent them bottles of it. I liked that stuff better than the cognac or armagnac.

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