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another fishing boat on the label, standing on the
shore. On two more "twin" bottles we see a
fisherman smoking a pipe and in the background a
large sailing vessel, probably for deep-sea fishing.

Another bottle is 30% bitter, with a picture of a
rafter with a tourist boat with benches for
passengers in the Spreewald region. On the eighth
bottle, Doornkaat, you can see a yacht type "gaff
ketch" and on the last Puschkin Limbo, we can see
a tiny one-masted sailboat, with a sail in white and
red stripes.

Now a few words about 3 minis from my country,
Poland. The Polish coastline is 770 km long and
entirely concerns the Baltic Sea. Sailing traditions
in Poland are very old, but our country has never
had its overseas colonies. In my collection I have
such minis with alcohol on a nautical theme.

The first bottle (Balsam made in Polmos Bielsko-Biała) is a
classic Bitter, 35%, with the image of a Carrack type vessel. On
the second label we see a schooner from
the 19th century. It is a Caribbean rum,
from Stock Polska, 37.5% vol, 50ml. The
third bottle of KRON Vodka (40%) is a
"sister" version of the Swedish Absolut with
a label depicting a fishing boat on the
Vistula River against the backdrop of a city.
It was produced in the mid-90s by Polmos
Starogard Gd.

The next bottles come from different
countries:
1. Larsen XO Cognac with the image of a
Viking ship on the
label and the
embossing on the glass.
2. British Plymouth Dry Gin, 43%, with English Ship of the line, from the 18th
century.
3. Portuguese Sandeman, white port, with a beautiful image of a tea clipper.
4. Spanish Bobadilla 103, Brandy de Jerez, with a label showing three medieval
galleons.
5. Spanish 38 percent Brandy Brigadier, with a rafter in the logo, carrying
alcohol barrels.
6. The Dutch gin Hooghoudt, in a stoneware bottle, labelled with a modern
small cruise ship sailing on Dutch canals.
7. Greek Ouzo Mouzakis from the island of Zakynthos, with a drawing of the
most famous bay (shipwreck), on which you can see two cruise ships on the

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