They tax the crap out of it in scandinavia to....apparantly they tend to hit the botle hard with the long dark nights and lack of daylight when winter sets in!
I remember my fist business trip to Finland. After being shocked at the number of people having Vodka for breakfast on my 7:20 flight to Helsinki I went to the customer, finished late just crashed out in my Hotel room. Next morning, I couldn't open the door of my room. Eventually discovered a bloke's head next to the door in the corridor outside and prodded it a few times until he rolled over and I could open the door.
There was a key from a completely different hotel jammed in the lock and the bloke was out cold!
Put him in the recovery position and went down to reception to explain the situation "Ahh, it was Werdnesday night last night <roll eyes>" was the only explanation offered.
Anyway, he had gone by the time I returned that evening.
It seems if they make the investment necessary to imbibe over there, they damn well make sure they do the job properly.

Kevin