Quote Originally Posted by Skullheadhq View Post
Gromski is AP, but drunk on vodka.
Yeah, except that I am also a teetotaler, and have never tried an sort of alcohol. Laugh all you want, but by 15, you are regarded as an adult in regards to alcohol, or at least in Russia.

You get offered (usually by the age of 16-18) the legendary '100 grams' - a word that any Rrussian recognises as a drink of vodka, in a Russian shot glass, which accommodates 100 ml of the 40% ethanol, and 60% water. There are also the 200 ml 'shot' glasses. You drink three 100 ml 'shot' glasses before taking the zakuska, or something to soothe your digestive system, because you find that you have to eat something after drinking pure vodka. If you ever tried drinking vodka, you would know how difficult this is to do.

For the most part, though, 16 year olds are not offered many things stronger than 30% alcohol in a family&friends event. But on big events, vodka is applicable even to 16-yer olds, although this varies depending on the family, and is limited to one shot. But in Russia, there is alcohol, and then there is vodka. Alcohol is for teens, vodka is, well, not quite, not for mid-teens. This sometimes becomes rather humorous, because whiskey may be given to me, even though it is no different from vodka in its alcohol content.