Alan Moorhead, in his 1952 Rum Jungle — a sort of casual ethnography or serious travelogue — explains the uses and attitudes towards alcohol in his native Australia:
[...] I took it for granted that for all social occasions, at any time of the day or night, beer was the drink. You did not take it [...]
Posted July 18, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music. Tags: alan moorehead, alcohol, alcoholic liquor, australia, beer, bill bryson, liquor, native australian, night beer, northwest australia, pint bottles, public houses, rum jungle, social occasions, sunburned country, unbelievable story. Be the first one.
I just love tests (previously: psychotic, leadership style in movies and famous people in history, and eccentric or autistic), so I was quick to try myself at this one when Al emailed me. It’s about alcohol, and like most tests, it’s not about getting the answer right, but giving the answer that the test writer [...]
Posted June 29, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Kitchen. Tags: alcohol, alcohol iq, bacardi 151, bar skills, beer, knowledge, liquor, personality test, personality tests, test, tests, wine. 3 Comments.
