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Bevilo tutto ("Drink it all", "Drink it up") is an Italian drinking song. A version is documented in I Nuovi Goliardi - Periodico mensuale di storia Trieste , in the 1880s. [ 1 ] The song was also featured in the movie The Hitman's Bodyguard with Samuel L Jackson singing with some nuns in a bus.
English: ' what soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals '; ' he speaks in his drink what he thought in his drouth '; and ' a drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts '. Finnish: Kännisen suusta totuus tulee ' the truth comes from the mouth of a drunkard '.
Caffè corretto (Italian: [kafˈfɛ kkorˈrɛtto]) is an Italian caffeinated alcoholic drink, consisting of a shot of espresso with a small amount of liquor, [1] usually grappa, and sometimes sambuca [2] or brandy. [3] It is also known (outside Italy) as an espresso corretto. It is ordered as un caffè corretto alla grappa, ... alla sambuca, ...
An 18th century drinking song. A drinking song is a song that is sung before or during alcohol consumption. Most drinking songs are folk songs or commercium songs, and may be varied from person to person and region to region, in both the lyrics and in the music.
The Italian drink Pallini Mistra, named after the Greek city of Mystras in the Peloponnese is a version of ouzo made in Rome that closely resembles Greek and Cypriot ouzo. In Bulgaria and North Macedonia, the similar beverage is called mastika ( Macedonian : Мастика / Bulgarian : Мастика ), a name that is shared by the distinct ...
Grappa is an alcoholic beverage: a fragrant, grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin that contains 35 to 60 percent alcohol by volume (70 to 120 US proof). Grappa is a protected name in the European Union. Grappa is made by distilling the skins, pulp, seeds and stems (i.e., the pomace) left over from winemaking after pressing the grapes. It ...
Spritz was created during the period of the Habsburg domination in Veneto in the 1800s, under the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.The soldiers, but also the various merchants, diplomats and employees of the Habsburg Empire in Veneto became quickly accustomed to drinking local wine in the taverns, but they were not familiar with the wide variety of wines from the Veneto, and the alcohol content ...
The Brio brand of Canada (this is sweeter than Italian brands). The Bisleri brand in Australia (previously independent, but now owned & operated by Coca-Cola Amatil). In Venezuela, Sprite is sold under the brand name "Chinotto"; it is owned by The Coca-Cola Company. Kinnie is a chinotto-like soft drink made in Malta. [4]