The hilarious powerpoint used by panel member Jamie Boudreau to defend the US's honour in a debate about who's influencing whom, US vs Europe, at Tales of the Cocktail 2009. Other panelists were Wayne Collins and Jonathan Ulrich, and Philip Duff was the moderator.

1. EURO-AMERICAN INFLUENCES
A case study of
700 European and American Bars
throughout the ages

2. SINCE 2005….
• Visited over 700 bars in UK, France, Germany,
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada & USA.
• Collected over 9,600 points of data
• Compiled large series of graphs, charts and
essays documenting Euro-American influences
cross-referenced with time
• Due to large concentration of quality bars in
UK and US, focused data on 2 countries
• Condensed all into brief presentation to
follow

4. Soccer Hooligans

5. Boiled Cabbage

6. Warm Beer

8. U.S. contribution
can be summed up by the
Federico Garcia Lorca quote:
The only things that the
United States
has given to the world are…

9. SKYSCRAPERS

10. JAZZ

11. COCKTAILS

12. USA: 3
UK: 0