The Intoxicating History of Gin

Re:The Intoxicating History of Gin by oarabbus_ on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @12:36PM (#21704518)

But France is Western Europe, not central. Is it the prevalent brand there too?

>Usually the countries considered to be Central European are Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland; in the broader sense Romania and Serbia too, occasionally also Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

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Re:The Intoxicating History of Gin by 0xffff2 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @02:08PM (#21705781)

I think that Martini was overwhelmingly the most prevalent brand of vermouth the world over. That's certainly the case in the US.

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Re:The Intoxicating History of Gin by mcguire on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @02:47PM (#21706159)

Vermouth is from Italy, which is more Central European than Belgium, the Netherlands, or Luxembourg.

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Re:The Intoxicating History of Gin by oarabbus_ on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:17PM (#21727023)

I've never heard people refer to Italy as "central Europe", personally.

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