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Beer In Ads #749: Let’s Just Sit Awhile

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Friday’s ad is one of the later in the “Beer Belongs” series, after they stopped numbering them, created by the old Brewers Association. Just like right now in Northern California, pouring rain stopped then from working outside so they decided to just sit awhile and enjoy some beer. Good decision.

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Barbados Beer

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Today in 1966, Barbados gained their Independence from the United Kingdom.

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Barbados Breweries

  • Banks Barbados Breweries Ltd.

Barbados Brewery Guides

Other Guides

Guild: None Known

National Regulatory Agency: None

Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known

Drunk Driving Laws: BAC 0.08%

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  • Full Name: Barbados
  • Location: Caribbean, island in the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
  • Government Type: Parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
  • Language: English
  • Religion(s): Protestant 63.4% (Anglican 28.3%, Pentecostal 18.7%, Methodist 5.1%, other 11.3%), Roman Catholic 4.2%, other Christian 7%, other 4.8%, none or unspecified 20.6%
  • Capital: Bridgetown
  • Population: 287,733; 180th
  • Area: 430 sq km, 202nd
  • Comparative Area: 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
  • National Food: Cou-Cou; Flying Fish
  • National Symbols: Brown Pelican; Dolphin fish; Flying Fish; Pride of Barbados (flower); Trident head
  • Affiliations: UN, Commonwealth, OAS
  • Independence: From the UK, November 30, 1966

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  • Alcohol Legal: Yes
  • Minimum Drinking Age: 18
  • BAC: 0.08%
  • Number of Breweries: 1

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  • How to Say “Beer”: beer
  • How to Order a Beer: one beer, please
  • How to Say “Cheers”: cheers
  • Toasting Etiquette: N/A

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Alcohol Consumption By Type:

  • Beer: 38%
  • Wine: 10%
  • Spirits: 50%
  • Other: 2%

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (in litres):

  • Recorded: 6.41
  • Unrecorded: 0.50
  • Total: 6.91
  • Beer: 2.90

WHO Alcohol Data:

  • Per Capita Consumption: 6.4 litres
  • Alcohol Consumption Trend: Stable
  • Excise Taxes: Yes
  • Minimum Age: 18
  • Sales Restrictions: No
  • Advertising Restrictions: No
  • Sponsorship/Promotional Restrictions: No

Patterns of Drinking Score: 2

Prohibition: None

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Yemen Beer

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Today in 1967, Yemen gained their Independence from the United Kingdom.

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Yemen Breweries

Yemen Brewery Guides

Other Guides

  • CIA World Factbook
  • Official Website
  • U.S. Embassy
  • Wikipedia

Guild: None Known

National Regulatory Agency: None

Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known

Drunk Driving Laws: BAC 0.08%

yemen

  • Full Name: Republic of Yemen
  • Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
  • Government Type: Republic; multiparty presidential regime
  • Language: Arabic (official)
  • Religion(s): Muslim (Islam – official) including Shaf’i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shia), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
  • Capital: San’a
  • Population: 24,771,809; 47th
  • Area: 527,968 sq km, 50th
  • Comparative Area: Slightly larger than twice the size of Wyoming
  • National Food: Saltah
  • National Symbol: Golden Eagle
  • Affiliations: UN, Arab League
  • Independence: South Yemen gained their independence from the UK, November 30, 1967 / North Yemen gained their independence from the Ottoman Empire, November 1918 / The Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen], celebrated as “Unification Day,” May 22, 1990.

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  • Alcohol Legal: Yes
  • Minimum Drinking Age: Total Ban
  • BAC: 0.08%
  • Number of Breweries: 0

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  • How to Say “Beer”: beereh (biræ) / جعة / شراب من الشعير / جعة / المزر شراب نوع من الجعة / بيرة
  • How to Order a Beer: Waheed beera, meen fadleek
  • How to Say “Cheers”: Bismilah / Fi schettak or Fisehatak (“to your health”) / في صحتك
  • Toasting Etiquette: N/A

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Alcohol Consumption By Type:

  • Beer: N/A
  • Wine: N/A
  • Spirits: N/A

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (in litres):

  • Recorded: 0.00
  • Unrecorded: 0.02
  • Total: 0.02
  • Beer: 0.00

WHO Alcohol Data:

  • Per Capita Consumption: 0 litres
  • Alcohol Consumption Trend: Stable
  • Excise Taxes: No
  • Minimum Age: Total Ban
  • Sales Restrictions: N/A
  • Advertising Restrictions: N/A
  • Sponsorship/Promotional Restrictions: N/A

Patterns of Drinking Score: N/A

Prohibition: Total ban on alcohol.

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