Americans are drinking as much alcohol now as in Civil War days
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The average American drinks 60 percent more hard liquor now than in the mid-1990s, an unheralded surge in spirit consumption that signals changing tastes in alcohol. Americans are drinking more wine, too: 50 percent more per person since 1995. Overall, the average American consumed 2.51 gallons of ethanol, the alcohol in wine, beer and spirits,…
The average American drinks 60 percent more hard liquor now than in the mid-1990s, an unheralded surge in spirit consumption that signals changing tastes in alcohol. Americans are drinking more wine, too: 50 percent more per person since 1995. Overall, the average American consumed 2.51 gallons of ethanol, the alcohol in wine, beer and spirits,…
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Americans Are Drinking as Much Now as in Civil War Days
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Drinking in America: Our Secret History: Cheever, Susan
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Yes, African-Americans Drink Bourbon. You'd Never Know It From the
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How Much Wine Is Really in Your Glass?
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POV: The 100th Anniversary of Prohibition Reminds Us That Bans
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US drinking more now than just before Prohibition
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Top Shelf: Hop Water, Whisky Drinking Resolutions, Sotol Cocktails
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What is Prohibition & Consequences, Ken Burns, PBS
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Coffee and the Civil War American Battlefield Trust
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World War I played key role in passage of Prohibition - The Mob Museum
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Prohibition National WWI Museum and Memorial
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How Alcohol Has Shaped American History
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Alcohol and Native Americans - Wikipedia
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