RE: Can you travel around the world just by drinking a beer?

I think with enough openness in your mind, you can go just about anywhere. That being said, I don't know how to travel based on taste alone. I'm more of a wine and whiskey person myself, I admit, but mostly associate them with places I've been to. For instance, a food Tuscan wine reminds me of Tuscany but only because I've been and enjoyed myself there. I don't know if, say, a Japanese whiskey would feel like Japan to me, had I nothing concrete to tie it to.