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This map of the alcohol belts of Europe got written up on Strange Maps recently. It divides Europe into distilled spirits (blue), beer (gold), and wine (red).

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[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

I couldn't tell from the Strange Maps write-up whether those belts were based on where which alcohol was produced, where the most was sold? consumed? exported? There must be more info, but I wasn't finding any of the data or back-story to the classifications.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I think it's more cultural, as in "what is consumed" and "where is there a culture of ____". There's another version linked in the Strange Maps article.

The wikipedia article on the alcohol belts I linked to (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_belts_of_Europe) has citations which may have data.

[milktree.livejournal.com]

I bet there's a *huge* overlap between "what is produced" and "what is consumed"