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"The dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both
make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink."
Kingsley Amis
This, of course, echoes GKC's "Omar and the Sacred Vine."
> Drink because
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As I get steeped more deeply in vodka and gin, I'm enjoying the lost art of
mixology.
Well, it was a lost art. With the advent of Mad Men, things like infusing vodka
with herbs/spices and using bitters [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitters] have
made
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I decided I hadn't been spending nearly enough time at Modern Drunkard Magazine,
so I decided to surf around it last weekend during the Detroit Lions game. I
wasn't disappointed. It turns out they're in the second "Clash of the Tightest
[http:
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Man, BYCU blogging is almost too easy this week: Halloween is now a big drinking
night, as evidenced by this infographic
[http://scramsystems.com/blog/2014/10/scary-truth-halloween-drinking/#.VEzmQPnF-So]
.
There are many sites dedicated to boozy Halloween costumes, Halloween parties,
and Halloween drinks.
But it's not for
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Indiana has a blue [Christmas] law that prohibits alcohol sales on December
25th. An Indiana officer received a tip that an Indiana store had sold alcohol
on Christmas, so she started an investigation. They're now spanking all sorts
of
small stores throughout the Hoosier state
[http://www.
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18th Amendment
One of the best anecdotes I've read lately, in the literary-drunken vein:
"Mencken responded to Prohibition by selling his car and using the proceeds to
purchase a large stock of 'the best wines and liquors I could find,' stored in a
homemade basement
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The veteran drinker Kingsley Amis didn't like the advent of music in England's
pubs. I think he made some good points, especially this one:
> If you dislike what is being played, you use up energy and patience in the
attempt to ignore it; if
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I heard of a local establishment charging $8 for a Tanqueray and tonic. It
struck me as outrageous, but I don't have a long history with hard liquor, so I
looked into it a bit.
If I buy the big bottle (1.75 liters), the liquor costs
Everyday Drinking
I haven't devoted nearly enough attention to drinking literature, but from the
books I've read, Kingly Amis' collection of essays, Everyday Drinking, is some
of the best. Sure, he's a limey, but I think the English have a special knack
for creating drinking
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Great charts: What countries drink the most vodka, gin, whisky and rum
[http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/06/daily-chart-9?fsrc=scn/tw/te/dc/highspirits]
? Per capita, the results are: Vodka: Russia. Rum: Indian. Scotch Whiskey:
France. Gin: Philippines. Tequila: U.S. (wait a second; something tells