We already gave you some tips and tricks to get rid of your hangover. But every country has its own traditional dishes to make the process go faster. We like to give you a taste of the international anti-hangover cuisine. Today we travel to the fairly unknown country of Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous place that used to…
The most common mistake foreigners make when they drink with Russians is to say something like “na zdarovje” each time they raise a glass of vodka. Sure, your company will smile and know you mean well, but actually it makes you look pretty ignorant. Yes, it would be recognized as Russian, but more in the…
For the last few hundred years the Russians have always been one of the dominant powers in the world. It doesn’t matter if we are talking about the Russian Empire under ruling of the tsars, the communist days of the Soviet Union or modern Russia under Vladimir Putin. For the last millennium their first official…
A man in the Russian town Khakassia must have been extremely thirsty after he had surgery on Saturday in the local hospital. Wearing nothing but his bed sheets and several bandages and tubes he faced the temperature of -16 Celsius to buy a beer at a nearby store. However since it was pretty obvious that he…
In the early 1960’s Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) was the man in the Soviet Union. After being the first human ever in Space, the young cosmonaut became nothing less than a rock star. As he was dragged all over the world for Soviet propaganda, his whole life simply turned around drinking and giving toasts. When the…
The list of the New 7 Wonders of the World may contain breathtaking manmade structures like the Chinese Wall, the Colosseum and Machu Pichu but for the real wine lover the list is incomplete without Milestii Mici. Under the Moldovan ground corridors with a total length of 55 kilometers form the largest wine cellar in…
For centuries alcohol has always played an important, and sometimes decisive, role in warfare. As it brought the troups moral and courage in many armies the intake of booze was allowed or even stimulated. Other commanders believed it was best to keep their troops as sober as possible, so they wouldn’t go out of control.…
A traditionalhangover cure from the Philippines called balut. This is a baby duck boiled inside it’s own egg. The biggest downside of heavy drinking is of course a major hangover the morning after. The Lords of the Drinks are always looking for new ways to fight this eternal enemy. That’s why in one of our first…
It’s been quite a while since we introduced the LOTD Test to check if you are an alcoholic. Since then we have seen many fun but stupid tests on social media that were alcohol related. We thought it was time to make one ourselves. Today we’ll test if you are born in the right country…
Most people will know Gerard Depardieu as that actor with the strong French accent. From his roles as an illegal immigrant in Green Card to the powerful Gaul Obelix in Asterix & Obelix the Frenchman always delivered a more than decent performance. With dozens of top movies on his name few people would suspect that…
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