--- title: What Country Do You Drink Like: Beer, Wine, Liquor, Juice, Milk description: See which country most closely matches your drinking behavior from beer and wine to milk and juice canonical: https://time.com/3997925/country-drinking-behavior/ author: Pratheek Rebala article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-14T13:22:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:50:37.113Z article:section: Health og:title: What Country Do You Drink Like: Beer, Wine, Liquor, Juice, Milk og:description: See which country most closely matches your drinking behavior from beer and wine to milk and juice og:url: https://time.com/3997925/country-drinking-behavior/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What Country Do You Drink Like: Beer, Wine, Liquor, Juice, Milk twitter:description: See which country most closely matches your drinking behavior from beer and wine to milk and juice twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Find Out What Country You Drink Like > Sponsored content. 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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. by [Pratheek Rebala](https://time.com/author/pratheek-rebala/) and [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/) Aug 14, 2015 1:22 PM UTC by [Pratheek Rebala](https://time.com/author/pratheek-rebala/) and [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/) Aug 14, 2015 1:22 PM UTC Do you drink wine like a Frenchman or down milk like a Swede? Use the sliders below to see which country matches your drinking preferences for five different kinds of beverages, according to two studies that measured drinking behavior, country by country, across the globe. A recent study [published by PLOS One](http://time.com/3984684/sugar-sweetened-beverage-milk-juice-global-trends/) sheds new light on global consumption patterns. One lesson: [the more a country earns, the more fruit juice its people drink](http://time.com/3984684/sugar-sweetened-beverage-milk-juice-global-trends/), according to Gitanjali Singh, assistant professor at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and lead author on the paper. Wealth isn’t the only sign of how someone fills her glass. According to the study, young people–and men in particular–are more likely to prefer sugars sweetened beverages. Similarly, a [2014 World Health Organization report](http://www.who.int/topics/alcohol%5Fdrinking/en/) provided a picture of how people consume alcoholic beverages across the globe. The average person 15 years and older drinks 6.2 liters of pure alcohol a year–about one a drink a day–the report said. For more on the milk, juice and sugar-sweetened beverages study, [read here](http://time.com/3984684/sugar-sweetened-beverage-milk-juice-global-trends/). For more on the alcohol study, [read here](http://time.com/108448/what-country-do-you-drink-like/). ### House of Suds: Portrait of the Busch Beer Dynasty at Play  Caption from LIFE. "In the trophy-filled gun room of their mansion, August A. Busch Jr. and his wife Trudy, 28, hold baby Beatrice Alice and Adolphus Busch IV." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Out for the daily ride, Trudy astride Happy Landing and Gussie on Miss Budweiser amble across the lawn of the 34-room brick mansion Gussie's father erected in 1911." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Dancing outdoors at hunting lodge during annual outing. Gussie and Trudy in peasant dress jig to German band with guest Dr. John C. Martz (left)." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Singing at Schlachtfest, Gussie sits with guest, Mrs. Charles Thomas, wearing chef's hat and apron which his male guests received." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Carriage collection at the Bauernhof ranges from six three-ton coaches aligned at the rear to gigs and donkey cart in front and a ladies' phaeton and French sailor wagon right behind fountain." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Paul Victor von Gontard, general manager of San Fernando Valley brewery, sniffing hops. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Touring the stables in their formal dress, guests at the Bridlespur Hunt Club ball, held at Grant's farm, inspect the Busch hunters and jumpers." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Toast to their master and mistress is drunk in champagne at annual gathering of 20 Grant's Farm workers, who just received envelopes containing their annual bonus. In dark jacket at left is zookeeper Frank Parko and alongside him are stablemen, grounds keepers. Butler and cook are at right." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Percy Orthwein, Gussie's brother-in-law, is a board member, handles firm's advertising and collects old Budweiser posters like those on the wall." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Donkey cart is hitched up by coachman Henry Gersman to give John and Karen Flanigan, children of Gussie's daughter Carlota, a ride around courtyard." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Rolling through the Deer Park on a pleasant afternoon, Gussie, Trudy and Adolphus Busch IV ride a Vigilant coach drawn by four hackneys. Seated primly behind them, wearing the derby but not the red coat and blue breeches which are de rigueur for his job, is brewery driver named Bob Ferguson." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Tessie the Elephant, age 3, performs near the Bauernhof. She is named for an elephant which August I once owned." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Frances the Camel, a recent addition to the zoo, eats a banana from Gussie's hand. The zoo now has a full-time keeper." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Jerry the Chimp, one of four in the private zoo, essays a headstand with an assist from Gussie. Jerry also roller-skates." Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Photo shot in 1954 for 1955 LIFE magazine story on the Busch family. Margaret Bourke-White—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Expertly manipulating a team of six matched white mules, Gussie Busch rolls through the Deer Park at Grant's Farm atop a pony coach." 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