Iceland had a prohibition period that started in 1915, but was partially repealed once in 1921 to allow for importing Spanish and Portuguese wine to solve a trade dispute and more thoroughly in 1933 to life the ban while also prohibiting beer containing more than 2.25% ABV.
The ban on full-strength beer wasn't lifted until 1989, which is at least somewhat reflected in this transition for Iceland from strongly preferred spirits to strong preferred beer.
![image showing Preferred alcoholic beverage by country in Europe: 1990 vs. 2015 [OC]](ad116ebf-c123-528a-94c6-e0e20f4144df.jpg)
MarineKingPrime_ on September 4th, 2018 at 13:32 UTC »
So the stereotype of Russians & vodka doesn't apply anymore? I heard they still drink vodka regularly.
ridersderohan on September 4th, 2018 at 13:58 UTC »
Interesting on Iceland:
Iceland had a prohibition period that started in 1915, but was partially repealed once in 1921 to allow for importing Spanish and Portuguese wine to solve a trade dispute and more thoroughly in 1933 to life the ban while also prohibiting beer containing more than 2.25% ABV.
The ban on full-strength beer wasn't lifted until 1989, which is at least somewhat reflected in this transition for Iceland from strongly preferred spirits to strong preferred beer.
scraggledog on September 4th, 2018 at 14:00 UTC »
Interesting how several countries changed from strongly spirits to strongly beer.
Eg my native land of Poland.