Quite late at night yesterday after our beertasting trip I read http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14232970
It's not just a stereotype to think of a mad Russian with one (?) vodka bottle in his hand. After all, how else could we explain this:
This isn't the first time Russia undertook action against a heavy drinking culture either. Their first one being to double the price of the oh-so-cheap wodka. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-starts-year-with-war-on-cheap-vodka-1855406.html
And we need to see the latest (only on the surface surreal) action of making beer legally alcohol and not food, in the same light as a government trying to put the lid on an exploding kettle of binge-drinking.
Fruitless really but let's not get into that hornet's nest.
This double-edged knife of wodka and beer seems all too familar however http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_and_Beer
Back in ye olde 19th centure gin was the most popular drink as it too was cheap, and got you drunk far quicker. Up to a moment where the government was promoting beer because ... it was more nutritious to the poor.
And all this writing now has made me hungry, ... or was it thirsty?
Codename B signing off
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