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Waiting for the Punch
Act One
“Mr. Talbot wants to talk to you.”
“What for? I haven’t done anything.”
“He’s waiting for you right now.”
A half-empty pint of vodka sat on...
Top Ten Sitcom Souses
In between running up monstrous bar tabs and guzzling moonshine, they found time to make us laugh. MDM salutes the best of the primetime...
Here’s How to Make a Fucking Bloody Mary
I wasn't aware until fairly recently that there are some people out there—grown-ass adults, even—who have never had themselves a Bloody Mary.
That's wrong. And...
Drunken Treasure
There is enough 150-year-old whiskey resting underground where the old river queen sank to get 130,000 people pie-eyed. It's worth five million dollars, and...
Lets Go Get Drunk: Eastern Europe
Foreign travel and booze were made for each other.
Why? Because alcohol is perhaps the single most effective means of bringing together people of different...
Last Stop for Night Train Express
It’s the end of the line.
Notorious screw-cap wine Night Train Express, once a big seller for E & J Gallo Winery, has been discontinued.
Gallo...
The Subtle Art of Beer Snobbery
While wine snobs have blighted the earth for thousands of years (you can bet there was at least one guy curling his lip at...
The Good, the Bad, and the Thirsty
With the exception of a few goofy teetotalers, in the average Old West town you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a serious...
The Blackness
Rick. Rick, get up.
Hunh? What time is it?
It’s 6:30. You have to make your tee time.
Are you crazy? I feel like there is...
The War on Booze
The War on Booze is nothing new.
We're all familiar with the reign of terror called Prohibition. Going further back, temperance leagues have scolded and...
The Art Of Getting 86’d
We all hate that guy.
You know who I’m talking about: The guy who tries to make time with your girlfriend, knocks over your drink,...
The Martini
Gary Travis picked up his pace.
The wind was up and a fast chill was sweeping into the night. He would be early for...
Dead End Drinks
The alcohol industry is forever foisting new “sensations” on the drinking public.
They come and go. Designer vodkas flash and fade like hastily assembled boy...
The Qingdao Beer Festival Is Evil…
Qingdao (pronounced Ching-dao), is located in the northeast Chinese province of Shandong. The city of three million is famous for three things: sailing, meat...