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September: 365 Reasons To Get Drunk

September 1 Labor Day. “A person can work up a mean mean thirst after a hard day of nothin’ much.” —Replacements. Working Man’s Zinfandel 2 oz tequila 2...

Postcards from Skid Row #61

Full moon moonshine Drank got drunk stumbling beneath the blurry pair of pale faced moons. Sip your gloom away the screaming crowd cries swaying. Slouch down in...

Lush For Life

If you’re a good boy and wait until you’re 21 to start boozing, and reach the life expectancy of an average American, you’re looking...

Bout 4: Blackbeard the Pirate Vs. Truman Capote

Who is the greatest boozer of all time? We've posed that question before. In 2002 we  resurrected 16 of the history's hardest-pounding hoochers and squared them...

Under the Influence: Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Whiskey Evangelist

Hunter Stockton Thompson was a singular sort of creature—this, dear reader, you already knew. Uncompromising in both his work and way of life, he left...

The Booze And I: A Love Story

I first remember meeting her when I was three. That night, she toyed with me, teased me until I reached out and grabbed her and...

Why I Drink

Sixteen years ago I was sitting with a friend on a suburban sidewalk curb on a sunny afternoon in Northern California, shooting the shit...
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44 Secrets of Mixology

While the whole mixology thing may seem like just another fresh-faced fad being foisted on the drinking public, the foisting has actually been going...

The Fine Art of the Free Drink

“Oh, the rapturous, wild, and ineffable pleasure of drinking at somebody else's expense.” —Henry Sambrooke Leigh Does anything taste as sweet as a free drink? What...

Battle for the Booze: The New Attack on Alcohol

Eight uniformed policemen storm into the bar, shoving their way past the startled owner. A dozen of the bar's patrons, chosen at random, are...

Konyagi: Tears of the Lion

During my sophomore year of college I enrolled in a course entitled Modern Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the impressive title, the course consisted of one...

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Drunkards of the Issue

Inebriate Interviews

Clash of the Tightest

The Great Drunks

Historical Hooching