Jul 272021
 

Historic Uses of Alcohol

Quaff — verb: to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.

|Like everything else they do, Sexy Beasts quaff with gusto.


Oᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀs, alcoholic drinks have played divers roles:

  • Many cultures drank alcoholic beverages to avoid water-borne diseases such as cholera.
  • Russians have long drunk vodka in the belief that it keeps them warm.
  • Ancient Egyptians building the pyramids were paid in beer. (See: Beer Built the Pyramids.)
  • Italians say a glass of wine improves the appetite.
  • Parisians drink wine and smoke cigarettes in outdoor cafes to appear sophisticated.
  • Biblical references suggest wine was one of the principal beverages of the Israelites.
  • In suburban America, teenage boys throw kegger parties to lower teenage girls’ inhibitions.
  • In Japan, sake is used in Shinto purification rituals.
  • Around the world, Champagne is thought of as the celebratory beverage of choice.

      I’m not about to tell you not to drink alcohol, because I know, as a Sexy Beast, you’re likely to.
     As am I.
     Just be aware of the calories you’re consuming and drink safely.

Plan on employing one or more of these strategies to moderate your consumption when you do drink:

  • Don’t regularly exceed to two drinks a day. No binge drinking. Harvard Medical School studies have shown two drinks a day for men (it’s one a day for women) may even be beneficial to your health.
  • At parties, intersperse glasses of water: one drink, one glass of water, one drink, one glass of water….
  • Designate a driver or use Uber when you’re out and about. (Sexy Beasts do not drink and drive.)
  • Consult the list below and consider choosing the lower-calorie options.

Distilled Spirits (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey)

Short pour                                      1 ounce          64 calories
Regular pour                                  1.5 ounce        97 calories
Make-it-an-early-night pour           8 ounces       512 calories

Don’t forget to account for the calories in any mixers you use. You can find nearly any mixer in a no-calorie variety.

 Wine

Dry wine (red, white, or rose)        6 ounces       150 calories
Port, Sherry                                    3 ounces       90 calories            
Sweet wine (Mad Dog, etc.)           6 ounces       270 calories

Brews

Regular beer                                  12 ounces     150 to 200 calories
Light beer                                      12 ounces     85 to 145 calories
Stouts and ales                              12 ounces     200 to 450 calories
Nonalcoholic beer                         12 ounces     65 calories

Hard Cider                                    12 ounces     150-200 calories
Hard Seltzers                                12 ounces     90-120 calories

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