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Zambia Beer

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Today in 1964, Zambia gained their Independence from the United Kingdom.

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Zambia Breweries

Zambia 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%

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  • Full Name: Republic of Zambia
  • Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola, south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Government Type: Republic
  • Language: Bemba (official) 30.1%, Nyanja (official) 10.7%, Tonga (official) 10.6%, Lozi (official) 5.7%, Chewa 4.9%, Nsenga 3.4%, Tumbuka 2.5%, Lunda (official) 2.2%, Kaonde (official) 2%, Lala 2%, Luvale (official) 1.7%, English (official) 1.7%, other 22.5%
  • Religion(s): Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
  • Capital: Lusaka
  • Population: 13,817,479; 70th
  • Area: 752,618 sq km, 39th
  • Comparative Area: Slightly larger than Texas
  • National Food: Nshima
  • National Symbol: African Fish Eagle
  • Affiliations: UN, African Union, Commonwealth
  • Independence: From the UK, October 24, 1964

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  • Alcohol Legal: Yes
  • Minimum Drinking Age: 18
  • BAC: 0.08%
  • Number of Breweries: 4

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  • How to Say “Beer”: pia
  • How to Order a Beer: N/A
  • How to Say “Cheers”: twalumba / Ofa atu
  • Toasting Etiquette: N/A

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Alcohol Consumption By Type:

  • Beer: 18%
  • Wine: <1%
  • Spirits: 12%
  • Other: 70%

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (in litres):

  • Recorded: 2.35
  • Unrecorded: 1.50
  • Total: 3.85
  • Beer: 0.42

WHO Alcohol Data:

  • Per Capita Consumption: 2.4 litres
  • Alcohol Consumption Trend: Stable
  • Excise Taxes: Yes
  • Minimum Age: 18
  • Sales Restrictions: Places, location
  • Advertising Restrictions: No
  • Sponsorship/Promotional Restrictions: No

Patterns of Drinking Score: 3

Prohibition: None

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Beer In Ads #721: Time For Fun …

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Tuesday’s ad is for Schmidt’s, but this time it is the one you probably know. The ad is from 1963, a very colorful, but still pre-hippie sixties. “Time for fun” … “Time for Schmidt’s” … “The Full-Taste Beer.” What is “full-taste beer,” you ask? Helpfully, the ad provides an answer. “Schmidt’s takes light beer, mellow beer, hearty beer — then blends them together.” So now you know.

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Two Is Better

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I’m a fan of the website Woot!, which offers special deals, one each day. They’ve since added additional daily deals, such as tech woot!, sport woot!, home woot!, and even kids woot!. Most days, it’s not something I’m interested in or need, but every now and then it’s totally worth it and I buy the daily deal. They also have shirt woot!, where they sell daily t-shirts, too. Generally, those are pretty interesting, a few funny ones, some clever. Today’s is a beer shirt. I personally wouldn’t wear it, but I thought it was interesting. And it’s nice to see beer shown in a positive light, even if just on a silly t-shirt. The shirt is called Two is Better and shows two full mugs of beer high-fiving with a rainbow connecting them. They’re the twin pots of gold, so to speak. Hard to argue with that.

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Beer In Ads #720: Always Uniform

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Monday’s ad is for Schmidt’s, but not the one you’re probably familiar with. This is Schmidt’s City Club from Austin, and not the Austin you’re familiar with, Austin, Minnesota. Yeah, that one. This one’s “always uniform,” “from barley field … to malt house … to Schmidt’s brewery.”

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The Formula For The Perfect Pint

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I can only assume that the UK pub chain Taylor Walker is, in the appropriate British parlance, taking the piss, with their commissioning of Mindlab to discover the formula for “the perfect pint.” Though there is a Mind Lab at the University of Sussex, this bit of news is not listed in their news or press section. At any rate, they claim to have “used complex mathematical modelling techniques to discover what conditions are required to enjoy the perfect pint.”
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So what is the formula for a perfect pint?

Here goes: E = -(0.62T2 + 39.2W2 + 62.4P2) + (21.8T + 184.4W + 395.4P + 94.5M – 90.25V) + 50(S + F + 6.4)

  • E is a factor describing overall enjoyment.
  • T is the ambient temperature in degrees Celsius.
  • W is the number of days until you are required back at work.
  • P is the number of people with whom you are drinking.
  • M is related to your mood whilst drinking the pint.
  • V is related to the volume of the music being played.
  • S and F are related to the availability of snacks and food.

Without the number variants, so slightly simpler, it’s E = -(T2+W2+P2) + (T+W+P+M-V) + 50(S+F+6.4), though it’s hardly E = MC2. Below a presumed “scientist” — he is after all, wearing a lab coat and surrounded by books and beakers — explains it all:

Niue Beer

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Today in 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand.

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Niue Breweries

  • M.K. Viviani Brewery (Closed)

Niue Brewery Guides

Other Guides

Guild: None Known

National Regulatory Agency: None

Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known

Drunk Driving Laws: BAC 0.08% (Zero limit for persons under 20 years.)

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  • Full Name: Niue
  • Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga
  • Government Type: Self-governing parliamentary democracy
  • Language: English (official), Niuean (a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan)
  • Religion(s): Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church – a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 61.1%, Latter-Day Saints 8.8%, Roman Catholic 7.2%, Jehovah’s Witnesses 2.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, other 8.4%, unspecified 8.7%, none 1.9%
  • Capital: Alofi
  • Population: 1,269; 236th
  • Area: 260 sq km, 213th
  • Comparative Area: 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
  • National Food: Taro
  • National Symbols: Southern Cross; Sea Urchin
  • Nickname: Rock of Polynesia
  • Affiliations: Commonwealth, Pacific Community
  • Independence: Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand; October 19, 1974

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  • Alcohol Legal: Yes
  • Minimum Drinking Age: None (to drink); 18 (to buy) [Note: Minimum age applies for beverages with 1.15% ABV or over; no restrictions on beverages less than 1.15% ABV. Persons under 18 may not drink outside private residences or private functions unless accompanied by their parent or legal guardian. Alcohol may be supplied to minors only by their parent or legal guardian, but adult hosts of private functions may supply alcohol if no money changes hands.]
  • BAC: 0.08%
  • Number of Breweries: 0

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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: 60%
  • Wine: 1%
  • Spirits: 39%

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (in litres):

  • Recorded: 8.85
  • Unrecorded: 1.00
  • Total: 9.85
  • Beer: 4.63

WHO Alcohol Data:

  • Per Capita Consumption: 8.9 litres
  • Alcohol Consumption Trend: Stable
  • Excise Taxes: N/A
  • Minimum Age: None
  • Sales Restrictions: N/A
  • Advertising Restrictions: N/A
  • Sponsorship/Promotional Restrictions: N/A

Patterns of Drinking Score: N/A

Prohibition: None

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Beer In Ads #717: Bring On The Falstaff

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Wednesday’s ad is for Falstaff, from the 1950s, I’m guessing. Showing a well-dressed couple visiting another well-dressed couple with the tagline “When Company Comes … Bring On The Falstaff.” Notice how the glass of beer is already full, but the bottle pouring from above it is also still full. Not sure what’s going to happen as that pour continues to spill?

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