Social lubricant
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A social lubricant is any food, beverage, drug, or activity that stimulates social interactions or helps people feel more comfortable in social occasions. Different cultures use different social lubri
People drinking alcohol at a pub in Brighton, England
Beer
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Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grain—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize, rice, and oats are also used. The grain is mash
Social lubricant
…Music Alcoholic beverages (beer in pub culture, or wine in wine bars, for example) Coffee (in coffee cultures, for example…
Pouring a beer in Korea
Ancient Egyptian painting, 18th dynasty, reign of Akhenaten, c. 1300 BC, showing Syrian mercenary drinking beer through a straw. Egyptian Museum of Berlin
François Jaques: Peasants enjoying beer at pub in Fribourg (Switzerland, 1923)
Malted barley before roasting