35 Interesting and Fun Alcohol Facts

A while back we did a post on alcohol facts which highlighted some of the facts that are related to drunk driving, industry facts and so on. The facts on that particular post were mostly something that would either affect us in one way or the other. Today we wanted to cover alcohol facts that are either surprising, funny or just fun to know. It’s amazing to know that Ohio has a law than bans giving any alcohol to fishes. We are not sure what caused this law to come into effect but there is one. And we are sure most of you didn’t know the national anthem of US was written to the tune of a drinking song. Check out some more fun facts related to alcohol below,

1

The word “toast,” which means wishing good health originated in ancient Rome. A piece of toasted bread was literally dropped into wine back then.

2

The soil of one of the vineyards in France is considered so precious that it is mandatory for workers to scrape the soil off their shoes before they leave.

3

Anyone under the age of 21 should be careful of taking out trash bags in Missouri. If you are under 21 and the garbage contains an empty bottle of alcohol, you can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol.

4

Most people think that drinking alcohol raises the body temperature. Alcohol actually lowers the body temperature.

5

Here is a little surprise : The national anthem of United States “The Star Spangled Banner,” was written to the tune of a drinking song.

6

Although “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is considered to be the shortest sentence that includes all the letters of the alphabet, alcohol lovers came up with one of their own “Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.”

7

Most vegetable and almost all fruits contain a small amount of alcohol in them.

8

The first Thanksgiving Day didn’t include mashed potatoes, turkey and all other foods that we usually eat on this particular day. However, there was beer, brandy, gin and wine.

9

Bourbon, the official drink of United States takes its name from Bourbon County in Kentucky.

10

The pressure in a champagne bottle is 90 pounds per square inch, that is three times the pressure in automobile tires.

11

Adolf Hitler was one of the world’s best known abstainers from alcohol.

12

Sir Winston Churchill was one of the world’s heaviest drinkers.

13

The longest permanent bar is 405 feet and 10 inches. It is located in Ohio. Some suggest that the longest bar is in Illinois which is 684 feet.

14

The first recruiting station of the U.S. Marines was a bar.

15

The world’s oldest known recipe is for beer.

16

It is illegal to run a “tab” in Iowa (source that we used says running a “tab” in Iowa is illegal. Iowa residents say it is legal. We will go with Iowa residents and rule this one out)

17

United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the entire world.

18

The alcohol content of a typical beer, wine or spirits are virtually identical. To a breathalyzer, a drink is a drink is a drink.

19

Brandy, rum and whisky can be either aged too long or not long enough.

20

It is estimated that there are 49,000,000 (forty-nine million) bubbles in a bottle of champagne.

21

Human body produces its own supply of alcohol naturally, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

22

Beer started selling in bottles starting 1850 and in cans starting 1935.

23

In the 1600’s thermometer used to be filled with brandy instead of mercury.

24

The term “Dipsomania” refers to abnormal cravings for alcohol.

25

There is a cloud of alcohol in the outer space which is enough to make four trillion-trillion drinks.

26

It is illegal to feed alcohol to Moose in Alaska and fish in Ohio.

27

In some European countries McDonald’s serves alcohol. Some parents like to drink alcohol while kids munch on fries and chicken nuggets. McDonald’s decided they needed all the customers they can get.

28

Many high school cafeterias in Europe serve alcohol to students who choose to drink

29

Distilled spirits such as brandy, gin, rum, tequila, etc. contain no carbohydrates, no fats and no cholesterol of any kind.

30

A mixed drink that contains carbonated drink is absorbed into the body more quickly than straight shots.

31

Abraham Lincoln held a liquor license and operated several taverns.

32

All spirits (unlike beer and wine) are originally clear and colorless. The golden brown and other colors are achieved due to the aging process.

33

The French Wine “Fat Bastard” is banned in Ohio and Texas. (although the articles we referred to suggested that this was true, many readers have said that you can buy “Fat Bastard” in Texas)

34

Here is another one we found that relates to Texas : Texas state law prohibits taking more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

35

The BATF (Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco and Firearms) prohibits the use of word “refreshing” to describe any alcoholic beverage.

Please take a moment and share with us of any interesting and fun alcohol facts that you know of. We hope you enjoyed these fun alcohol facts.

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75 Responses to “35 Interesting and Fun Alcohol Facts”

1. Texas Cowboy says:

   March 26, 2009 at 5:19 am

   Actually, #34 is not true. Fat Bastard is at HEB Grocery Store right now
2. admin says:

   March 26, 2009 at 5:33 am

   @Texas Cowboy Thanks for letting us know. When we were compiling this list we referred to many sources and they all seemed to state that it was not allowed within the borders. Thanks again for the information.
3. egreenlaw9 says:

   March 26, 2009 at 5:59 am

   From a bartender, here are a few more:

   For a long time beer was served in a bottle with a cork – just like wine.

   IPA stands for India Pale Ale. It’s bitter from all the hops that the English used to put in their beer so that it would stay fresh (hops being a preservative) on the long voyages to India – hence, INDIA Pale Ale.

   Alcohol doesn’t give you hangovers – it’s the sugar that’s mixed with it (or left over from distilling) that gives you the hangover.

   #18 is unbelievably inaccurate. The beer served on tap in most bars range in alcohol from 3-18 percent. Rum has about half the alcohol content as vodka & gin. Wine (from Reisling to a deep Zin) vary from 15-42 percent.

   There’s about 5 times as much alcohol in a long island as in a typical beer. And that’s just one example.

   The myth of most ‘drinks’ being equal to one another is something they teach in D.A.R.E. but is horribly misleading and honestly really dangerous.
4. Texas Dude says:

   March 26, 2009 at 6:00 am

   I must agree with Texas Cowboy seeing as I have just finished a bottle of it tonight with my family
5. Nate says:

   March 26, 2009 at 6:05 am

   Pyramid Breweries markets some of their beers as “Refreshingly Unfiltered”, which makes #35 on your list questionable.
6. Japan Guy says:

   March 26, 2009 at 6:10 am

   Anyone notice there is no number 33. I guess this list was written while drunk and the editor was hitting the bottle as well.
7. Hawkeye says:

   March 26, 2009 at 6:12 am

   16 is not true. I live in Iowa and run tabs all the time at many different bars.
8. Mbyrd says:

   March 26, 2009 at 6:18 am

   #18 is accurate if you look at total alcohol content.

   1 12oz beer is roughly equal to 4oz of wine which is roughly equal to 1oz of hard liquor.

   but you’re totally right about a long island iced tea having WAY more alcohol than a beer.
9. admin says:

   March 26, 2009 at 6:22 am

   @Japan Guy : You caught me! Actually, I was making some changes and number 33 mysteriously disappeared. Fixed it. Thanks for letting us know
10. SmallDetails says:

    March 26, 2009 at 6:32 am

    #17 is wrong. The drinking age is the same as the US (21 years of age) in Fiji and Palau. Also, in parts of India the drinking age is 25 (although hardly enforced). Worse yet, alcohol is straight up illegal in many countries.
11. annon says:

    March 26, 2009 at 6:40 am

    The carbohydrate content of spirits is not nil, alcohol itself is a carbohydrate
12. Paladin says:

    March 26, 2009 at 6:51 am

    @Mbyrd: No, I’m sorry but that is absolutely not true.

    You go compare a 12oz bottle of Bud Light to a 12 oz bottle of New Belgium Trippel and you will quickly see that the Trippel will have you skunked twice as fast because the TOTAL ALCOHOL CONTENT IS NEARLY TWICE AS MUCH.

    New Belgium Trippel (quite popular in these parts and weaker than many of the easy to find 9% beers) is 7.8% alcohol.

    Still disagree?

    How about Chimay Blue Label? It’s 9%, delicious, and wickedly strong.

    http://beers.suite101.com/article.cfm/new_belgium_trippel

    Even more true with wines as some wines range wildly and the same volume of one glass of wine will contain TWICE AS MUCH TOTAL ALCOHOL AS AN APPARENTLY SAME AMOUNT OF ANOTHER WINE.

    Come to Portland and hit the brewpubs and wineries and find out for yourself. There is a HUGE range of alcohol contents and to tell people a drink is a drink is a drink is patently FALSE.
13. Sorry says:

    March 26, 2009 at 6:53 am

    #18 is completely false. Mbryd where are you getting these figures?

    Beer is on average between 4% to 5% Alcohol by Volume.
    Wine is most commonly between 8% and 12% ABV.
    Liquor is usually 40% ABV

    Another way to look at this is by Units of Alcohol, which is used in the UK. One unit of alcohol is defined as exactly 8 grams of ethyl alcohol, and is determined by multiplying the volume of the drink (in millilitres) by its percentage ABV, and dividing by 1000 (or litres × % abv).

    To simplify:
    Pint of American beer: 2 Units
    250ml (8 oz) Glass of Wine: 3 Units
    Standard 60ml (2oz) shot: 2.4 Units

    tl;dr: fact check your posts and Mbryd has never tasted alcohol.
14. me says:

    March 26, 2009 at 7:12 am

    You can easily see that the post has been edited based on comments without notice. I can’t wait till the comments are edited.
15. Elie says:

    March 26, 2009 at 7:22 am

    I live in the Champagne region in France, where the vineyards are the most precious and, sadly, I can tell you that #2 is a pure legend… but it’s quite a beautiful one, don’t remove it !
16. Rob Bailey says:

    March 26, 2009 at 7:28 am

    Clarification to egreenlaw9:

    - Alcohol defnitely gives you hangovers, for four key reasons:

    1. Alcohol dehydrrates you.
    2. Alcohol breaks down into some toxic substances in the process of being metabolized by the body.
    3. Alcohol consumption depletes essential vitamins in your body, which is why you sometimes want a greasy breakfast in the morning after drinking.
    4. Alcohol disrupts sleep patterns, making your sleep less efficient at healing the body and more tired the next day.
17. pmwflm says:

    March 26, 2009 at 7:31 am

    #18 is either completely false or very misleading. Alcoholic drinks vary greatly in alcohol content. A Breathalyzer relies on the ratio of pure alcohol to blood alone and nothing else. Elaborate and provide sources for this ridiculous claim.

    Quit a few of these are untrue, just plain obvious or uninteresting.

    #19 applies to all aging alcohol and shouldn’t be news to anyone.
18. b33jay21 says:

    March 26, 2009 at 7:42 am

    #17 is wrong. The drinking age in the Philippines is 18.
19. Ernestt Jones says:

    March 26, 2009 at 7:54 am

    can any1 recommend me a good bottle of Cognac.i need 1 4 when i have friends visit. just like havin’ a good bottle of whiskey. i not 2 familiar w/ cognac. Thanks.
20. B grove says:

    March 26, 2009 at 8:02 am

    In Japan you can definitely order a beer with your Big Mac.
21. aaron says:

    March 26, 2009 at 8:03 am

    @egreenlaw9, and @Paladin
    it really depends on the amount of alcohol being served. usually a beer is served at 12oz, a shot at 1-1 1/2oz, and wine at 4oz. Yes some of the products on the market are higher in alcohol content, and some lower, but we need to take the averages of these to come to a standard alcohol percentage for each. if you were to take the avg serving, and the avg alcohol percent of each one then you would find that each one would give you about the same amount of alcohol in your system.

    further more saying that a long island gives you way more alcohol than a standard, lets say rum and coke, is also completely false. at the bar i work at, we serve the same amount of alcohol in each, its just that the LI has 4 liquors as opposed to 1. this may or may not be an issue depending on the person. some people can handle mixing different types of booze better than others, but that, by no means, means theres more in a LI over a rum and coke.
22. dink age says:

    March 26, 2009 at 8:10 am

    @17

    drinkin age in USA is 21

    but i belive taht in india.. drinking age is 25..
23. BioStudent says:

    March 26, 2009 at 8:18 am

    @egreenlaw9

    “Alcohol doesn’t give you hangovers – it’s the sugar that’s mixed with it (or left over from distilling) that gives you the hangover.”

    Actually, ethanol inhibits production of ADH, a hormone that regulates the kidneys’ water uptake. With less ADH, you urinate more frequently and your urine is more dilute, leading to dehydration, and the hangover headache. Some doctors also think that the hangover is actually a short-lived withdrawl from the alcohol, because its effect on the brain is so prominent. Those are just two of several explanations for hangovers.
24. Johnny Boy says:

    March 26, 2009 at 8:24 am

    @OP – #30 sounds sketchy to me…where did you find that?

    On a side note, great job on fixing the article when mistakes are found. There are too few posters out there willing to do the work or admit their mistakes and try to fix their posts.

    @egreenlaw9 – The sugar does not cause a hangover. First off…that doesn’t even make any sense. Second, do a few shots of everclear (which has no sugar in it) and tell me if you get a hangover or not. Hangovers are primarily caused by the dehydration you get from drinking and the overworked liver not delivering sugar to your brain. Check out this link: http://cocktails.about.com/od/healthsafety/a/hngovr_101a_2.htm

    @annon – Alcohol is NOT a carbohydrate. It is quite different. As a point of differentiation alcohol contains 7 calories per gram and is not considered a nutrient while carbohydrates contain 4 calories per gram and are considered a macronutrient. There is a huge distinction.
    Not to say that I agree with the OP either. I’m fairly certain many liquors like vodka contain significant amounts of sugar which definitely is a carb. Couldn’t seem to find a good source that confirms this but I know I’ve read it somewhere before. Vodka has a slight sweet flavor if you taste just a little bit of it. Maybe it’s just my imagination. Can anyone confirm?
25. mumu says:

    March 26, 2009 at 8:52 am

    @egreenlaw9: wine doesn’t go up to 42% without adding something distilled. Alcoholic drinks stop fermenting at about 15-17% alcohol, which is about 34-35% proof, because the fermenting bacteria die due to the high alcohol content.

    number 25 is just stupid. there are more types of alcohol on the planet than drinking alcohol(ethanol) and that cloud sure as hell ain’t drinkable. in fact it’ll cause you serious health problems

    also, saying that winston churchill was a heavy drinker would have sufficed. I’ll bet you there’s a million bums out there who drink just as much as he did. besides who checked to see how heavy his drinking was compared to others?
26. marx says:

    March 26, 2009 at 9:24 am

    it seems that the idea about alcohols being the same in different products(wine, beer, rum, etc..) pertains to the quality of the alcohol’s properties, not the quantity in it. this seems obvious..
27. ant says:

    March 26, 2009 at 9:45 am

    11 isn’t true, adolf hitler would accompany his meal with usually 2 pints of beer, it may have been true in his earlier years but certainly not in the last years.
28. Chris says:

    March 26, 2009 at 10:00 am

    A bit of background to #12. Apparently, Churchill would take a bottle of brandy onto the roof of Whitehall and watch the bombs drop on London during the Blitz.

    After the war, the Danish wanted to thank him for liberating them and standing as a bulwark against Nazism. The Carlsberg brewery was given the job of coming up with a beer that was strong enough for his tastes, and developed a Special Brew that would be up to the job. Millions of British winos are eternally grateful.
29. Ruby says:

    March 26, 2009 at 10:16 am

    The carbohydrate content of spirits is not nil, alcohol itself is a carbohydrate..
30. Anony says:

    March 26, 2009 at 11:52 am

    Saying that alcohol doesn’t give you a hangover is like saying a bullet doesn’t kill you. It’s the loss of blood pressure. The metabolic products of ethanol can cause issues. The fusil oils and minor amount of Methanol have neurological effects but mostly what makes you feel terrible is the dehydration and lack of B vitamins. Potato – Potatoe…
31. Abartender says:

    March 26, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    Few things I noticed in the comments that I just could not stand for.

    @egreenlaw9… not so sure you are a bartender
    I am sorry but your comment about rum is simply ignorant(which is different from stupidity so don’t be offended). Rum as a general rule is an 80 proof or 40% alcohol by volume (ABV) liquor which is THE SAME as gin and vodka, not half of the alcohol volume. If you took the time to actually look at the labels on any liquor bottle in your bar this is easily proven false. This is standard for for just about every plain hard liquor (rum,gin,vodka,wiskey,scotch,etc.), with the exclusion of specialty and flavored varieties, which can very between 30 proof or 15% ABV up to the legal limit in the USA of 153 proof / 76.5% ABV.

    On to the wine

    Wine starts around 8% ABV for Rieslings not 15% ABV and there is no such thing as deep zin, i imagine you meant red zin. Wine that is sold in the open market (not home brew) generally does not go over 18% ABV. Once the 20ish% ABV mark is hit you are moving out of wine and moving into “fortified” wines such as port.

    # 18 is NOT false if you understand the context from which that conclusion came from. The formula does use generalizations and averages of commonly consumed beverages, 12oz beer with 3-5% ABV, 4-6oz of wine with 11-13% ABV, 1 mixed drink with 1oz of 40% ABV liquor, with weight as part of the consideration to derive the blood alcohol content (BAC) of an individual. Please contact your local DMV for this information and how it was compiled.

    Just because you may want to replace a fun fact.

    the hops that are used in beer are a very close cousin to the marijuana plant (Cannabis sativa) plant

    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/101/hops.php
32. Patrick says:

    March 26, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    A shot (25ml in this example) of a 40% liquor contains 10ml of alcohol, because that’s what ABV (Alcohol By Volume) means: 40% of this is alcohol.

    A Pint (568ml) of 5% lager contains 28.4ml of alcohol.

    A cherry glass (120ml) of 15% sherry contains 18ml of alcohol.

    So you get more alcohol in terms of ml of alcohol in a beer, but because the rest (540ml) of it is beer it take longer to drink, thus your liver has more time to break it down. Depending on how fast you drink, if you chug down a pint at the same rate your mate does shots you’ll be battered.

    Drinking more water, or the fact that a beer is more “watered down” than liquor does not make a difference is is the physical amount of alcohol in your body that matters:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_metabolism
33. Exoplanetology says:

    March 26, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    Astronomers are wary of alcohol during nights of serious observing because Alcohol reduces both the speed and extent to which the pupil dilates. The maximum size of the pupil in regular alcohol users was found to be 5.7mm while in non users it was 6.2mm.
34. dawsoplant says:

    March 26, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    @egreenlaw9, Wine can’t be over around 15% because any higher and the yeast would die. Only fortified wine will have a higher percentage.
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36. C says:

    March 26, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    Thailand’s minimum drinking age is 25
37. JacobsMirror says:

    March 26, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    In response to #34: I’m actually from Ohio, and I’ve seen Fat Bastard quite a few places, and tried it a time or two.
38. Larry Underwood says:

    March 26, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    Arizona, which probably has the most stringent alcohol related laws in the US…

    If you’re washing your car in your own driveway, but happen to have the keys in the ignition to play your favorite radio station, and you’re sipping on a beer—Busted for public intoxication and the “possibility” you may be intending to operate your vehicle while impaired.

    If you doze off in a cab after a hard night of partying, even though you did the right thing by not driving yourself home, the cab driver can have you busted for public intoxication.

    Statistics show that 70% of AZ drivers are over the .08 level, after midnight. The police will look for the slightest flaw in how you’re driving to pull you over…The best reason—license plate light out.

    If you decide to take a nap in your car after a long night of drinking, instead of driving home, you will be busted if you happen to have your car keys in your possession.

    If you walk home from the bar, but wobble in the slightest bit, you will be busted for public intoxication.

    If you’re in a bar, then run out to your car to get a pack of cigarettes or something, with no intention of driving, you can be busted for possible intent to operate vehicle while impaired.

    Whether or not you have food in your belly has little or no bearing on your blood alcohol content…You just won’t FEEL as drunk.
39. Robert Johnson says:

    March 26, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    Vodka does not contain sugar. Vodka is ethanol and water.

    The various “tastes” (more correctly, mouth feel) of vodka are due to impurities in the water and people deluding themselves in response to overpriced products’ marketing campaigns.

    There basically are only 3 kinds of vodka

    1. Really bad super cheap vodka. This is poorly filtered, badly distilled, made from less pure water and possibly has some small amount of non ethanol alcohols in it.

    2. Decent vodka. Made with care using reasonably good ingredients and processing.

    3. Ridiculously overpriced vodka. Relies on getting some improvement from the diminishing returns of processing or better ingredients or is pure marketing hype to the gulible.
40. Sorry says:

    March 26, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    @Abartender

    You’re missing the point here. The point we are making is that saying all alcohol has about the same content is ignorant and dangerously misleading. Yes, at average ABV on an average pour, these drinks are misleadingly similar in Alcohol Content, but generalization is a dangerous game. Beers alone do not all have the same alcohol content, (ie: high a gravity beer vs. a german kolsch) The same goes for wines (Muscadet Sur Lie vs a Port) Also, Abartender, I would love to know where you serve 10oz liquor pours, I’d be there every night! Not only is that an absurd number (the average liquor pour is around 2-3oz) but who honestly pours a perfect 2-3oz every time? Alcohol is a wonderful thing, but spreading misinformation like this is what gets people in trouble, whether its from driving drunk or how you feel the next morning.

    Simplify? Alcohol By Volume say it all. If you are drinking something that is 4% ABV, vs something that is 40% ABV, obviously, not matter how you slice it, the spirit at 40% ABV HAS MORE ALCOHOL. Moreover, a Negroni (a wonderful cocktail) is 3oz of straight liquor, way stronger than a beer or glass of wine.

    tl;dr: #18 is wrong not matter how you slice it. It is clearly dependent on what you’re drinking, and who’s serving it to you, and to say otherwise is dangerously ignorant.

    A side note: Hangovers are not caused by dehydration OR sugar, although those two factors do play a role in the severity of a hangover. Hangovers are caused by “congeners”, a byproduct of the distillation process. They also make up the varying tastes and aromas of the spirit. Vodkas and Gins (Gin being essentially a flavored vodka) go through clarification processes through activated charcoal which strip the spirit of most of its congeners, whereas whiskeys and other brown spirits have a higher concentration. I suggest #18 be replaced by:

    Generally, clear spirits will give you less of a hangover than darker spirits.

    Again, this is a generalization, (cheap spirits are going to give you a hangover no matter what, and everclear is clear, yet has contributed to more than one bad morning in my earlier years) but is far less offensive than #18 currently.
41. hikari07 says:

    March 26, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    I can verify that McDonald’s does sell alcohol in Europe. While on a trip to Germany in 2004 I snapped a picture of the menu, which featured beer for about I think 1.80 euro. This one was in rural Germany; I can’t remember if the McDonald’s in Berlin had them or not though. Sadly I cannot say if it is good beer or not because at the time I didn’t like beer…true shame.
42. Go Hawks says:

    March 26, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    #16 IS true…However, it is not in reference to a single nights bar tab. It is in reference to the multi-night or prolonged bar tab. Such as paying up on your tab every Friday night for example.
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44. Ray says:

    March 26, 2009 at 6:12 pm

    I’m drunk right now.
45. Zach V. says:

    March 26, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    # 16 in not true at all, I live in Iowa City, and have run tabs at every bar in town (that’s a lot of bars) I have never been turned down for a tab (as long as you leave a credit/debit card). But don’t walk out on your tab, because most bars will charge you an extra fee for not closing it yourself.
46. Zach V. says:

    March 26, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    Re: Go Hawks
    I have walked out on a tab, came back the next day to pay it, and started drinking on it again before paying. That being said if Go Hawks is correct, most bars won’t enforce this law. But I have never heard of someone just having a regular tab that they pay every Friday like you said. So I agree with you and disagree also.
47. Corina says:

    March 26, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    Great fun to read. Thanks.

    What’s the name of the song/tune that was used in creating the National Anthem?
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49. TrixRabbi says:

    March 27, 2009 at 12:26 am

    Many high school cafeterias in Europe serve alcohol to students who choose to drink

    It should be noted that in many European countries, France in particular, very few people drink to get drunk. Wine is just a part of the culture. Very different from the US and countries like England where people drink to get drunk. France it’s all about the taste. (Which is why wine is the favored).
50. Hilanderai says:

    March 27, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    I was meant to be drinking since i was born as theres a saying in my tribe “Got it from the tribe, used hands to drink it!” Cheers! Rum for now as the hangovers way ladylike unlike that mother-in-law of a whiskey.

    A drink a day
    Keeps sanity at bay!