Today in 2006, Montenegro gained their Independence from Serbia by referendum.
Montenegro
Montenegro Breweries
Montenegro Brewery Guides
Other Guides
Guild: None Known
National Regulatory Agency: None
Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known
Drunk Driving Laws: BAC N/A
- Full Name: Montenegro
- Location: Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia
- Government Type: Republic
- Language: Serbian 63.6%, Montenegrin (official) 22%, Bosnian 5.5%, Albanian 5.3%, unspecified (includes Croatian) 3.7%
- Religion(s): Orthodox 74.2%, Muslim 17.7%, Catholic 3.5%, other 0.6%, unspecified 3%, atheist 1%
- Capital: Podgorica
- Population: 657,394; 167th
- Area: 13,812 sq km, 162nd
- Comparative Area: Slightly smaller than Connecticut
- National Food: Kačamak, Raštan
- National Symbols: Montenegrin Mountain Hound; Double-headed eagle
- Affiliations: UN
- Independence: From Serbia, May 21, 2006 / The status of the union between Montenegro and Serbia was decided by the referendum on Montenegrin independence on May 21, 2006 and Statehood Day is celebrated on July 13.
- Alcohol Legal: Yes
- Minimum Drinking Age: None (to drink); 18 (to buy)
- BAC: N/A
- Label Requirements: N/A
- Number of Breweries: 1
- How to Say “Beer”: pivo
- How to Order a Beer: Yed-no pee-vo, mo-lim
- How to Say “Cheers”: Ziveli (zjee-ve-lee, “let’s live long”) / Zivio Ziveli
- Toasting Etiquette: N/A
Alcohol Consumption By Type:
- Beer: N/A
- Wine: N/A
- Spirits: N/A
- Other: N/A
Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (in litres):
- Recorded: N/A
- Unrecorded: N/A
- Total: N/A
- Beer: N/A
WHO Alcohol Data:
- Per Capita Consumption: N/A
- Alcohol Consumption Trend: N/A
- Excise Taxes: N/A
- Minimum Age: 18
- Sales Restrictions: N/A
- Advertising Restrictions: N/A
- Sponsorship/Promotional Restrictions: N/A
Patterns of Drinking Score: N/A
Prohibition: None
Today in 1902, Cuba gained their Independence from Spain (and the U.S.).
Cuba
Cuba Breweries
Cuba Brewery Guides
Other Guides
Guild: None Known
National Regulatory Agency: None
Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known
Drunk Driving Laws: BAC 0.01% or None
- Full Name: Republic of Cuba
- Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida
- Government Type: Communist state
- Language: Spanish (official)
- Religion(s): Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria (prior to Castro assuming power)
- Capital: Havana
- Population: 11,075,244; 74th
- Area: 110,860 sq km, 106th
- Comparative Area: Slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
- National Food: Platillo Moros y Cristianos; Ropa vieja; Puerco asado; Yuca con mojo
- National Symbols: Cuban Crocodile; White Ginger Lily — Mariposa; Palma Real
- Affiliations: UN, OAS
- Independence: From Spain, May 20, 1902 (from Spain, 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902; not acknowledged by the Cuban Government as a day of independence) / Triumph of the Revolution, January 1, 1959
- Alcohol Legal: Yes
- Minimum Drinking Age: None (to drink); 18 (to buy)
- BAC: 0.01% or None
- Label Requirements: N/A
- Number of Breweries: 6
- How to Say “Beer”: cerveza
- How to Order a Beer: Una cerveza, por favor
- How to Say “Cheers”: Salud
- Toasting Etiquette: N/A
Alcohol Consumption By Type:
- Beer: 33%
- Wine: 1%
- Spirits: 66%
- Other: <1%
Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (in litres):
- Recorded: 4.41
- Unrecorded: 1.10
- Total: 5.51
- Beer: 1.48
WHO Alcohol Data:
- Per Capita Consumption: 4 litres
- Alcohol Consumption Trend: Increase
- Excise Taxes: Yes
- Minimum Age: 18
- Sales Restrictions: Time, location
- Advertising Restrictions: Yes
- Sponsorship/Promotional Restrictions: N/A
Patterns of Drinking Score: 2
Prohibition: None
Thursday’s ad is for the manufacturer Continental Can Company, from 1959, extolling the virtue of their can for beer. Showing an illustration of four seating men standing around an open refrigerator with a can of generic Light Beer in it, the company promises that “Continental has the right beer package for you!”
Wednesday’s ad is a fairly recent one for the Chinese beer Tsingtao. It was created by artist Olly Howe. I love its rorschach-like quality and its amazing detail. It’s messy and organized at the same time.
For our 64th Session, our host, Carla Companion — a.k.a. The Beer Babe — who these days is writing at Beer Utopia, among others. She’s posted her Session announcement at both The Beer Babe and Beer Utopia, and it looks like you can leave a comment with your Session contribution on either page. Her topic, Pale in Comparison, is a return to our roots with a focus on a particular style of beer: Pale Ale. Here’s how she explains her plan:
What is the one beer style usually makes up the first position in the sample flight, but yet is usually the one that we never get really excited about? The Pale Ale.
While this style serves as the foundation to its big-hoppy-brother the India Pale Ale, lately “Pale Ale” has become a throwaway term. I hear bartenders and servers using it to describe everything from Pilsners to unfiltered wheat beers (I wish I was kidding).
Whether American (typically a bit hoppier) or English (a little more malty), these brews can be complex, interesting and tasty, and are all too often fast-forwarded through in a tasting or left as the “eh, guess I’ll have a pale ale” decision.
Your mission — if you choose to accept it — is to seek out and taste two different pale ales. Tell us what makes them special, what makes them forgettable, what makes them the same or what makes them different.
So that sounds like a fun task. She’s right about Pale Ales getting overlooked these days. It used to be one of the most popular styles. In the early days of the microbrewery, everybody had a pale ale. So stay out the sun — and keep your complexion pale — and
be here June 1 to tell us about your pale drinking experiences.
Tuesday’s ad is for Heineken. It looks like it’s from the 1960s or so, but it was definitely before 1991, when Heineken bought their importer, Van Munching & Co. One interesting thing I’m pretty sure isn’t on their neck label any more is the suggestion to “Serve at 45°-50° F.” Not sure about their claim of tasting “tremendous,” that’s not been my personal experience.
