Topic: TAGAY PA | Filipinos are the world's largest consumers of gin,The Economist says

[Rockford]

TAGAY PA | Filipinos are the world's largest consumers of gin,The Economist says

The Philippines is last year's biggest consumer of gin worldwide, according to The Economist, citing data from the International Wine & Spirit Research.

In an infographic titled "High spirits: Who drinks most vodka, gin, whisky and rum?", the newspaper's online edition noted that Filipinos drank almost 200 million liters of gin last year. This translates to almost 1.4 liters per person.

The United States and Spain were the next biggest consumers of the clear concoction made from juniper berries. India was the only other Asian country in the top ten consumers of the drink. Almost 440 million liters of gin was consumed worldwide, according to the study.

The Philippines is also the third biggest consumer of rum as well with almost 200 million liters drank last year. India and the United States consumed more of the drink respectively.

Vodka was the world's favorite drink among selected spirits chosen by the research institution. Some 4.44 billion liters were consumed last year.

"The Filipinos' taste for gin can be attributed in part to good marketing and to the spirit's long-established toe-hold in the local market," said the article. "Ginebra San Miguel, a firm that makes the world's two best-selling brands, started operations there in 1834."

The company also manages the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings, the Philippine Basketball Association's most popular basketball team, also in part because of the "never say die" spirit which rang truest during the days of former Senator Robert Jaworski on the court as both player and coach.

The article did not say how many countries were covered by the research.

http://www.interaksyon.com/business/64345/tagay-pa--filipinos-are-the-worlds-largest-consumers-of-gin-the-economist-says

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[Type_One]

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[Idiot]

sa ibang bansa kase ang pag-inom nila e casual at strict ang working ethics nila at matatapang ang mga alcohol nila

sa atin kase minsan 3 days straight or start ng umaga at matatapos ng madaling araw kinabukasan ginagawa natin tubig ang alak minsan

my cousin and his friends drank 2 boxes of emperador normal lang yun
my other cousin drank 3 liters of GSM blue or empe lights  normal lang yun

at wala pa dyan ang pang-hugas na san mig lights or red horse

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[crewzer1]

If I'm not mistaken in 2008 emperador brandy was the best selling brandy in the world in terms of volume about 80 million bottles per annum, plus Ginebra was the world' number 1 selling gin in terms of volume as well.  What is more striking is that at the same year we happen to be the largest importer of Fundador Brandy more than any other country in the world.  So if you factor in the sales of beer and other liqour brands then we could probably claim to be the hardest drinkers in the planet.