Why Your State Drinks: The American Map of Brews

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Naturally, Nevada is Four Loko.

The Houston Press, jumping on the America-graphic bandwagon, has come up with a beer for every state in the Union.

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The criteria varied, but included the beer’s origin (which is why Budweiser landed squarely in Missouri), national recognition, cultural foods and state personality types (which is why bikini-clad Florida gets the low-cal MGD Light 64).

But why did West Virginia get stuck with Natty Light? The map gives worse-quality beers to states with too-strict liquor laws. But to those states that can’t even legally offer better beers, this map just adds insult to injury. (Houston Press, via BuzzFeed)

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