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I can drink! The legal drinking age.
No drinking age:
- Albania
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Comoros
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea-Bissau
- Jamaica
- Kyrgyuzstan
- Morocco
- Solomon Islands*
- Swaziland*
- Togo
- Tonga
- Viet Nam
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Alcohol effects.
The total effects of alcohol range from possible health benefits for low levels of alcohol consumption to severe bad effects in cases of chronic alcohol abuse. High levels of alcohol drunk are correlated with an increased risk of developing alcoholism, cardiovascular disease, malabsorption, chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic liver disease, and cancer. Destruction of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system can happen from sustained alcohol consumption. Long-term use of alcohol in excessive quantities is capable of damaging nearly every organ and system in the body. The developing adolescent brain is particularly vulnerable to the toxic effects of alcohol.
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Tagged Alcohol, beverages, drinks, medicine
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Champagne.
Champagne is a sparkling wine which made by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of the wine to effect carbonation. It is produced exclusively within the Champagne region of France from which it takes its name.
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Tequila.
Tequila is a Blue Agave-based spirit made basically in the area around the city of Tequila, 65 kilometres northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands (Los Altos) of the western Mexican state of Jalisco. The red volcanic soil in the surrounding region is especially well suited to the growing of the blue agave, and more than 300 million of the plants are harvested there each year. Mexican laws state that tequila can be produced only in the state of Jalisco and limited regions in the states of Guanajuato, Michoacán, Nayarit, and Tamaulipas. Mexico has claimed the exclusive international right to the term “tequila”, threatening legal actions against traders in other countries.
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Tagged Alcohol, beverages, drinks, Mexico, spirits, Tequila
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Vodka, please!
Vodka is a distilled drink and one of the world’s most popular liquors. It is composed primarily of water and ethanol with traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is produced from the fermented substances grain and potatoes. Vodka’s alcoholic content generally ranges between 35-50% by volume; the standard Russian, Lithuanian, and Polish vodkas are 40% alcohol by volume.
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Tagged Alcohol, beverages, drinks, Russia, spirits, The Muscovite Vodka Museum, vodka
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Ale: types.
A darker barley malt is used to produce the drinks called brown ales, which tend to be lightly hopped, and fairly mildly flavoured, often with a nutty taste. In the south of England English brown ales are dark brown, around 3-3.5% alcohol and quite sweet; in the north they are red-brown, 4.5-5% and drier. They first appeared in the early 1900s, with Manns Brown Ale and Newcastle Brown Ale as the best-known examples. The style became popular with homebrewers in North America in the early 1980s; Pete’s Wicked Ale is an example, similar to the English original but substantially hoppier. Belgian oud bruin is a sour brown ale.
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Tagged Alcohol, Ale, Beer, beverages, drinks, England, Ireland
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Ale.
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le is one of the most especial and well-known sorts of beer brewed from malted barley using a warm fermentation with a strain of brewers’ yeast. The yeast will ferment the beer fast, giving it a sweet, full bodied and fruity taste. Most ales include hops, which impart a bitter herbal flavour that helps to balance the sweetness of the malt and preserve the beer.
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Beer: variation.
While there are many types of beer brewed, the basics of brewing beer are shared across national and cultural boundaries. The traditional European brewing regions—Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Austria—have local varieties of beer. In some countries, notably the USA, Canada, and Australia, brewers have adapted European styles to such an extent that they have effectively created their own indigenous types.
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Tagged Alcohol, Beer, beverages, drinks, Ireland, lager, lambic, stout
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Beer. History.
Beer is the world’s widely popular and probably the oldest of alcoholic drinks; it is the third most known drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from cereal grains—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), and rice are widely used. Most beer is flavoured with hops, which add bitterness and act as a natural preservative, though other flavourings such as herbs or fruit may occasionally be included. Some of humanity’s earliest known writings refer to the production and distribution of beer: the Code of Hammurabi included laws regulating beer and beer parlours, and “The Hymn to Ninkasi”, a prayer to the Mesopotamian goddess of beer, served as both a prayer and as a method of remembering the recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people. Today, the brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional breweries.
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Tagged Alcohol, Beer, beverages, drinks, Ireland
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Mead. Legendary drink.
Mead or honey wine is an alcoholic drink, produced from honey and water via fermentation with yeast. Its alcoholic content may range from that of a mild ale to that of a strong wine. It may be still, carbonated, or sparkling; it may be dry, semi-sweet, or sweet. Depending on local traditions and specific recipes, it may be brewed with spices, fruits, or grain mash. It may be produced by fermentation of honey with grain mash; mead may also be flavored with hops to produce a bitter, beer-like flavor.
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