The various popfestivals in the Summer are known for the alcohol related fun and drunken madness. Pinkpop, a festival in the South of Holland is quite a notorious one. Just ask the Irish singer Shane MacGowan, if he remembers that is. This weekend the Dutch singer David Achter de Molen of the band John Coffey…
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) was the first European explorer to ever reach Asia by sailing only westwards. The Portuguese captain also initiated (he didn’t survive the full journey himself) the first full circle around the globe, with that proving without a doubt that the world was completely round. On this amazing expedition the crew on his…
Quite interesting news from the United States. Scientific research performed by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) has shown that people who drink alcohol in combination with cannabis get significally higher levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in their blood. THC is the main psychoactive constituent in marijuana. In simple words: you can get a lot more…
Most people can probably tell you who Dionysus or Bacchus is, since ancient Greek and Roman mythology are quite well spread in the Western World. But have you ever heard of an African colleague of these Wine Gods called Mbaba Mwana Waresa? Well, the Zulus believe that this Goddess created beer and taught people how…
Since water is a key ingredient of beer, some places may seem unlikely locations for a brewery to settle. The Atacama Desert in Chile for example is the driest desert in the world that is not on within a polar area. There are some places in this desert that have gone without rain for decades. Still…
Lords of the Drinks 