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    Certain Thing I Would Not Do For A Beer #13720

    Posted: October 21st, 2011, 2:13am CEST by Alan McLeod

    I would have not thought Pakistan was ripe to become a beer exporting nation until I read this article... though I am not sure I would show up at the brewery growler in hand:

    The brewery is next to the headquarters of the armed forces, which has helped to guarantee its security. "The best bars in the world are in the houses of Islamabad," said Major Rehman, who claimed his office at the brewery was the only place in Pakistan to serve draught lager. For Muslims, such drinking is technically illegal, although in practice no one has been lashed for drinking since the 1980s, under the regime of General Zia. "It's like ordering a pizza," an Islamabad resident said. "You pick up the phone and in 15 minutes the bootlegger is at your front door."

    That is the only time I had read the word "lashed" in relation to drinking when it actually meant, you know, lashed. Apparently Michael Palin of Monty Python survived on the output of the one brewery while filming in Pakistan. Braver than me.