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Hardboiled Hooch
Try to picture Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe without free and frequent access to the hard stuff, and your mind’s eye is likely to...
The People’s Republic of Baiju
The world’s best-selling booze is a Chinese spirit called baijiu.
Not because people around the world are clamoring to buy it—most non-Chinese who’ve tried it...
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...
Tis the Season to Get Falling Down Drunk
Gift Tips
Whenever you open a non-liquor gift, loudly proclaim, “Oh, great, how the fuck am I supposed to drink this?”
They'll know what to get...
The Decadent Decade
When I mentioned to a stranger that this magazine was about to celebrate its tenth year in publication, he reacted with violent dismay.
“Ten years?”...
Drink Your Way to Health!
Work Out Secrets Revealed
So far in this column I’ve taught you some excellent methods, utilizing alcohol, to better yourself physically. Yet I sense that...
True Alcohol Action!
Helmsman of the notorious publishing company Feral House, Adam Parfrey has been called “America's Most Dangerous Publisher.” Mr. Parfrey would prefer, however, to be...
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...
Bullfights, Whores and Tequila: An Interview with Avant-Garde Filmmaker Larry Wessel
In a genre crowded with self-styled mavericks and eccentrics, Larry Wessel manages to stand head and shoulders above other documentary filmmakers.
Figuratively and literally. An...
The Invisible King
Rory Stark was expelled from Burton Bartending College one week before graduation. He was expelled for refusing to demonstrate his knowledge of “the new...
Agave Empire: Three Centuries of Drinking in Mexico
Among seasoned drinkers, Mexico has attained something of a Mecca-like status. The country is so big (larger, in fact, than California, Oregon and Washington...
Bar Signs
Let us drink off the same tab like brothers.
Because I think I can drink more than you.Insert a drink here.
And I’ll stop staring...
Drunkard Rights Watch
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MADD Demands Interlocks in All Vehicles
WASHINGTON, DC—MADD wants alcohol detection devices in every vehicle in America. After first stating they only...