The problem here isn’t drinking alone - it’s excessive drinking. Growing up in Manchester, I can tell you: it’s more dangerous in a wild group than nursing your pint solo. Mental health matters, but binge culture gets off too easy. #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #DrinkingCulture

Banning solo drinkers from bar...
Banning solo drinkers from bars is only going to add to the loneliness crisis

As a cocktail bar defends its policy to prohibit anyone without friends from entering under the guise of ‘safety’, Helen Coffey wonders whether it hails the death of socialising with strangers

The Independent
From, Wake In Fright - "let me buy you another one"

#yabba #DrinkingCulture #Outback #Straya

1961 Three Women, a Cocktail, and an Unseen Event

The image shows a vintage advertisement for cocktails featuring three women.
The woman on the left is wearing a red dress and appears to be in motion; her hair is styled and she seems to be engaged in a conversation or laughing with someone not visible in the image.
The central figure, a blonde woman, is sitting with a yellow cocktail dress.
To her right, there is another woman, who is holding a drink and looking at the central figure with an expression that might suggest intrigue or curiosity.
In the bottom left corner of the image, there's a man in a suit holding a bottle of alcohol, seemingly addressing or presenting something to the women.
The background has a gradient from yellow to red and includes some indistinct elements that could be decorative items or abstract representations.

https://nocontext.loener.nl/fullpage/12-December1961-Page-054.png

#photography #illustration #madman #nocontext #sfw #VintageAdvertisement #Cocktails #ThreeWomen #Fashion #DrinkingCulture #Mid-20thCenturyAdvertising

@ian No idea if you are pointing this to a specific issue or space but here is what I consider a cultural issue that exists especially in my state of #Wisconsin#drinkingCulture

"Christmas Day" on College Rd - a sea of Xmas sweaters and screaming all day and night, with the eventual garda siren passing by - how fun!

Here goes a second sleepless night as there was a pre-party next door last night till 8am this morning 😵

That's the queue to one of the pubs in the pic, if you haven't guessed 😂

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41280409.html #ChristmasDay #CorkCity #CollegeRoad #Cork #univerisity #students #DrinkingCulture #Ireland

Increased efforts to keep people safe as UCC students celebrate College Christmas 

echolive.ie
@fistfulofdave My first job was at a restaurant/bar. My employer did not follow existing child labor laws and I worked full time my last two years of high school. Being exposed to #drinkingCulture at a young age makes one feel as if they will miss out on life’s great opportunities if one doesn’t engage in #selfHarm behaviors such as #bingeDrinking . I am not better for my experiences working as a teenager; I experienced #burnout at a young age and it has affected me ever since. #childLabor #WI

We Brits are known for our love of alcohol, but how much are we really drinking and is it a problem? | Becca Smart

#EasterWeekend #Alcohol #DrinkingCulture
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/drinking-culture-in-britain/

Drinking culture in Britain

We Brits are known for our love of alcohol, but is it a problem?

Yorkshire Bylines

Just sent out a fresh Glass — this time on getting The Fear pre-publication, wanting comfort from my drinking venues, and the flavour of buchu.

Read it for free here 👇

https://theglass.substack.com/p/gin-diaries-no-5

#GinATastingCourse #Newsletter #Cocktails #Gin #Buchu #Alcohol #CocktailBar #DrinkingCulture

Gin Diaries No. 5

The Fear, and seeking comfort

The Glass

Visited Soma last night with friends. Between us we got through pretty much the whole cocktail menu. Every single one was delicious.

Plus the bartender made me an off-menu gibson with white truffle gin that tasted like a pickled onion monster munch. Good times.

TL;DR: Soma, v.g., hard recommend.

#Bar #Cocktails #London #DrinkingCulture #DrinksWriter

http://somasoho.com/

Cocktail Bar Soho | SOMA Soho

SOMA, located on Denman St, Soho, is a modern minimalistic take on the basement speakeasy cocktail bar, influenced by the Indian subcontinent & beyond

Nine ways of looking at a pint of Guinness

The making of a beautiful pint. Words by Ana Kinsella; Illustration by Sinjin Li.

Vittles