Commonly used term which refers to ethanol-containing alcoholic beverages. However, more broadly, the term can also be applied to any organic compound with a hydroxyl functional group bound to a carbon atom, such as methanol.
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Do Russians drink as much alcohol as their stereotype suggests?
It's a widely held stereotype that Russians drink a lot of alcohol.
Is there any research supporting or refuting this belief?
Possible metrics I can think of (though you're welcome to add more) can be:
Average volume of alcoholic drinks consumed in…
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Is Red Bull and Vodka more dangerous than other spirit cocktails?
I've always liked Vodka + Red Bull for how it gets me drunk but also wakes me up and gives me more energy to dance or go out or whatever.
But now my Polish friends are telling me the combination is banned in France and that Polish cans used to have…
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Does de-stigmatization of alcohol lead to less drunkenness?
It is said (among those that I know) that allowing a minor to consume some alcohol actually encourages responsible behavior when older. The explanations vary, but most have concluded that the removal of the stigma removes the mysticism from the…
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Is the Pareto Principle applicable to national alcohol consumption?
I've been reading Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point, and came across this rather interesting interpretation of Pareto's Principle;
Twenty percent of beer drinkers drink 80 percent of all beer.
Can this be correct? I've searched around online…
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Does the shape of a wine glass affect the taste of the consumed wine?
Some people believe that the shape of a wine glass affects the taste of the wine inside. From a representative article:
Believe it or not, even a modestly decent wine will taste different in every glass! Some will mute the flavor, some will…
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Does filtering cheap vodka improve taste?
Several websites claim that filtering cheap vodka makes it taste more premium:
Chow - Does filtering cheap vodka through a Brita filter really work?
Gizmodo - Vodka Alchemy: How to Change Cheap Clear Hooch from Terrible to Tolerable
lifehacker -…
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Does butter before drinking alcohol help with hangovers and getting too drunk?
Possible Duplicate:
Does eating greasy foods 'help soak up alcohol'?
I've been told to always take a buttered sandwich prior to going out drinking because it would prevent me from getting "vomiting all over the place" drunk and from having a…
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Can you be drunk by drinking too much alcosynth?
In Independent article we can read about alcosynth which is a substitute to alcohol by mimicking the same effects, but without having the bad effects.
Few highlights:
The new drink, known as 'alcosynth', is designed to mimic the positive effects…
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Does the human body need alcohol?
Does the human body need alcohol intake? I would like to question the common wide-spread belief that that the healthiest amount of etanol intake is 0 mg/year.
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