There's much to be said for adopting a more lightweight approach to drinking beer. This can be easier said than done, however.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/02/abandoning-beer-standard.html.
Additional reading/viewing referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A ('Bogotá's perpetual Corner Bar barrio')
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/irish-spend-smallest-share-of-any-eu-country-on-food-but-are-in-top-half-on-alcohol-spend-new-report-42323025.html (Irish Independent story)
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcohol-consumption-by-country (Alcohol consumption by country)
https://youtu.be/JnJTIQh_8IQ ('Bogotá's Santandercito, keeping the satiated dullness at bay')
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/09/our-alcohol-problem.html ('Our alcohol problem')
https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU ('Hooked on the BBC (or CCP if you will)')
https://youtu.be/FgguOVTjD5o ('Never-ending solo searching')
https://youtu.be/IrZgsbzStIQ ('Return of the peripatetic preceptor and the languid language learners')
https://youtu.be/SbqKNWfbCJw ('Drunk almost to death on the culture wars')
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