Answers.Body: <p>Of course there are! 'associated with' allows for a great deal of latitude. In fact, just in beer itself, there are several beers that are associated with, but not directly a result of, religious customs.</p>
  
  <p>Lenten beers are an entire category in and of themselves, but since you don't really want to  hear about the giant selection of Bocks and their variety of flavors and the rich history therein, we'll skip those for now.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://oldliquorsmagazine.com/whisky-water-of-life/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Whisky</a> as indicated here has been associated with religious rites.
  <a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos589.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mead</a> has been associated with various rituals, mostly from the Scandinavian regions. Some of these rites and rituals are so ubiquitous that it's fairly common to hear people ascribe the origin of the phrase 'honeymoon' to drinking mead.
  <a href="https://www.chartreuse.fr/en/histoire/the-chartreuse-distilleries/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chartreuse</a>, 'the only liquor so good they named a color after it', is brewed by Carthusian monks.</p>
  
  <p>These are just a few examples; some others, besides beer, wine, whisky, mead and chartreuse, include;</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>ayahuasca, which isn't specifically brewed to be alcoholic, but tends to be stored and fermented</li>
  <li>kefir, which is technically haram, forbidden in islam, but definitely does get fermented</li>
  <li><a href="http://www.etonline.com/news/149897_andrew_keegan_starts_his_own_religion/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">kombucha,</a> if you want something fun, which typically isn't part of a traditional religion (that I know of), but read the article. It's pretty funny.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>There's a lot of interrelation between alcohol and religion, because yeast has been around for a long time, and so have various religions. Dig deep enough, you'll hit a religion that uses the drink.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Whisky and wakes were written about in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce" rel="nofollow noreferrer">James Joyce</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_Wake" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Finnegans Wake</a> as well as being sung about by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubliners" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dubliners</a>. Unfortunately this seems to be anecdotal, as I struggle to find more modern references.
  Beer and sports (some follow it religiously). 
  Champagne and new years. </p>
  
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Body: <p>Besides wine, are there any alcoholic drinks (beer, liquors or liqueurs, etc.) associated with any religious rituals or customs?</p>
  
  <p>I am deliberately not interested in wine because it is associated with the eucharist and the Roman Ritual contains a blessing for wine which is associated with the <a href="https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/48459/why-is-wine-associated-with-st-john-the-apostle">Feast of St. John</a>.</p>
  
  <p>The Roman Ritual also has a blessing for beer which I exclude as a response to this question as well as which <a href="https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/a/4885/5064">beers are associated with Lent</a>. Easter Beers and beers associated with any Christian liturgical season are to be excluded also.</p>
  
  <p>This question is open to religious rituals and customs of any belief, whether Christian, or otherwise. The brewing of beer is not to be considered a ritual either.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It's not specifically a religious ritual, but the production of Trappist beer seems to be in the ball-park of this question
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Comments.Text: Wine is also commonly associated with the Greek God Dionysus
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Comments.Text: From the ancient Egyptians to the Mayans and the Trappist and Cistercian monks there are many religious rituals around drinking non-wine alcohol. This question is almost too broad..
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Comments.Text: I know you aren't interested in wine, but just for completeness, most Jewish religious rituals involve drinking wine.
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ThreadText: # Besides wine, are there any alcoholic drinks associated with any religious rituals or customs?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-12)
  
  Besides wine, are there any alcoholic drinks (beer, liquors or liqueurs, etc.) associated with any religious rituals or customs?
  
  I am deliberately not interested in wine because it is associated with the eucharist and the Roman Ritual contains a blessing for wine which is associated with the [Feast of St. John](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/48459/why-is-wine-associated-with-st-john-the-apostle).
  
  The Roman Ritual also has a blessing for beer which I exclude as a response to this question as well as which [beers are associated with Lent](https://alcohol.stackexchange.com/a/4885/5064). Easter Beers and beers associated with any Christian liturgical season are to be excluded also.
  
  This question is open to religious rituals and customs of any belief, whether Christian, or otherwise. The brewing of beer is not to be considered a ritual either.
  
  **Tags:** drink, occasions
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It's not specifically a religious ritual, but the production of Trappist beer seems to be in the ball-park of this question  
  > **username_1**: Wine is also commonly associated with the Greek God Dionysus  
  > **username_2**: From the ancient Egyptians to the Mayans and the Trappist and Cistercian monks there are many religious rituals around drinking non-wine alcohol. This question is almost too broad..  
  > **username_3**: I know you aren't interested in wine, but just for completeness, most Jewish religious rituals involve drinking wine.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2017-06-15. Score: 1
  
  Of course there are! 'associated with' allows for a great deal of latitude. In fact, just in beer itself, there are several beers that are associated with, but not directly a result of, religious customs.
  
  Lenten beers are an entire category in and of themselves, but since you don't really want to hear about the giant selection of Bocks and their variety of flavors and the rich history therein, we'll skip those for now.
  
  [Whisky](https://oldliquorsmagazine.com/whisky-water-of-life/) as indicated here has been associated with religious rites.
  [Mead](http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos589.htm) has been associated with various rituals, mostly from the Scandinavian regions. Some of these rites and rituals are so ubiquitous that it's fairly common to hear people ascribe the origin of the phrase 'honeymoon' to drinking mead.
  [Chartreuse](https://www.chartreuse.fr/en/histoire/the-chartreuse-distilleries/), 'the only liquor so good they named a color after it', is brewed by Carthusian monks.
  
  These are just a few examples; some others, besides beer, wine, whisky, mead and chartreuse, include;
  
  * ayahuasca, which isn't specifically brewed to be alcoholic, but tends to be stored and fermented
  * kefir, which is technically haram, forbidden in islam, but definitely does get fermented
  * [kombucha,](http://www.etonline.com/news/149897_andrew_keegan_starts_his_own_religion/) if you want something fun, which typically isn't part of a traditional religion (that I know of), but read the article. It's pretty funny.
  
  There's a lot of interrelation between alcohol and religion, because yeast has been around for a long time, and so have various religions. Dig deep enough, you'll hit a religion that uses the drink.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2017-06-13. Score: 1
  
  According to this [link](https://pastafarians.org.au/pastafarianism/holidays/) Pastafarians have many holidays dedicated to alcoholic beverages including daiquiri day, Vodka day, wine day, lager day and many, many more.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2017-06-16. Score: 0
  
  Whisky and wakes were written about in [James Joyce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce)'s [Finnegans Wake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_Wake) as well as being sung about by the [Dubliners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubliners). Unfortunately this seems to be anecdotal, as I struggle to find more modern references.
  Beer and sports (some follow it religiously).
  Champagne and new years.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Can you provide a link for Irish wakes?  
  > **username_6**: @KenGraham, Thanks for pointing that out. it seems that what I was told/believed regarding the wake was not true, except for story books. I edited my answer.  
  
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