#drinking-culture

#drinking-culture

If it's been a while, head over to your local bar. Tell the bartender you don't need to see their list of $36 artisanal craft cocktails, thank you. You don't want their watered-down fruit juice in a tiny glass, and if there's a teaspoon of tequila in there, you count yourself lucky. What you want is a Long Island Iced Tea. It's the strong magic potion you're looking for, and here at Esquire, we fully endorse it.

"Have a magical day and night," reads the sign at the entrance of Cifa Bar in Panaji, the capital of the coastal Indian state of Goa. Set among the narrow lanes and colonial architecture of the city's Fontainhas neighborhood (Latin Quarter), the bar is small, just one long narrow room painted green, decorated with an altar with a crucifix and advertisements for various drinks.

Sunshine Blend is crafted for those very moments. It's bourbon with its sleeves rolled up-easygoing, chilled out, and tailored for daytime sipping.

The legal drinking age in Turkey is 18, and all establishments serving alcohol must be licensed. Selling alcohol is prohibited between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

"It's a total tradition that these drinking songs are not only passed around in an evening, but they're passed around over years," said record producer David Katznelson.

The term 'cul sec' refers specifically to downing a drink in one go, translating literally to 'dry bottom', emphasizing the act of finishing a drink.