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BEER
| DAVID ADELMAN |
drink beer to supplement my
bones with vitamin D and pre-
vent bone degeneration. Saying
that makes me feel I’m making
I ealthy lifestyle choice every
a h
time I pop a bottle. I could be, at least
according to the International Journal
of Endocrinology that had published
a study on the health promise of
beer (you can also check our previous
infographic that matched beer against
wine for health benefits).
But here’s the better news—beer can
be dirt cheap in some corners of the
planet. If you’re traveling and you en-
joy a couple bottles of beer (and some
more) after a day’s tour, our infograph-
ic will help you find the country where
you can get really cheap “vitamin D
shots”.
It doesn’t matter if you’re going to
Central/Eastern Europe or Southeast
Asia; both regions can get you drunk
really cheap. Vietnam and Ukraine are
the hands-down winners with beer
at fifty-nine cents per bottle. Other
beer-friendly countries include: Cam-
bodia, Czech Republic, China, Serbia,
and Panama.
On the other hand, if you’re a heavy
drinker, better avoid the Middle
East. Not because alcohol is officially
banned in many countries there (you
can drink in designated places), but
they have the priciest beers in the
world. In Iran one beer is equivalent to
13 bottles in Ukraine!
The infographic also calculated which
countries pay most and least for beer
every year based on consumption and
beer price. If you drink much you pay
much, right? Germans are the third
heaviest beer drinkers in the world.
As expected they’re one of the biggest
spenders, too, shelling out $235 per
year on the alcohol.
But just southeast of Germany, in Ro-
mania, things are different in Romania.
Talk about enjoying both worlds–Ro-
manians are one of the heaviest beer
drinkers; they’re also one of the least
spenders on the alcohol. But we en-
courage you to drink moderately… and
pay moderately, too.
Wine Dine & Travel Summer 2014 91

