more and more tea and waaaay less beer. I guess growing past middle age does that to you.
I remain partial to British beer (grew up in Oxfordshire so many excellent choices but very hard to beat Northern beers, Tetley sourced in it's home city can be outstanding) and Canadian Mill Street Organic. Actually, the Japanese Kirin is pretty nice too. And those Belgium summer ales are excellent with carpacio at the local street cafe. Also the occasional Bavarian wheat beer, Erdinger coming to mind. And who could forget those microbreweries in Boston, they are always worth a try. Had an amazing unpasteurized (or whatever) beer in Budapest once, or was it Viena (memory is not what it should be), no it was Budapest (the Pesht part I think). And not to leave out the benefit of a cold Corona, yes with lime, and a good mexican lunch in Southern Cal. In St. Petersburg it has to be Vodka, with local food, especially fish if I remember correctly. Mind you, a good cup of Sake with sushi is hard to beat, there are some rare and local Sake brews in the region around Hitachi City that I can commend. Italy, the wine, what else, although there are fine beers - and don't forget the Limoncella in Amalfi - oh and I had something really noxious up in the Italian Alps, what was it called.....oh yes, Grappa from Cormeuyer. In China they have some rice wine stuff that is really potent, I mean really potent, you could run your car on it.
