Modern Drunkard Magazine

The legendary libation was allegedly devised by an 18th-century alchemist/adventurer named Marquis Ferdinand D’Etatis, the very same ‘Mad Marquis’ who led the famous grog...

If you are reading MDM, you are probably already a brother of mine. Here I urge you to spread your faith. We have many...

There comes a time in every man’s life when he suddenly realizes that he has entered a new phase. He finds himself in his thirties,...

Before I knew better than to trust my elders,  one of them convinced me that Ireland and Russia had no rivals as destinations for...

I was drunk, naked, and teeing off on the 16th hole of a public golf course. Or maybe it was the 15th. Fuck if...

As you may have noticed, bourbon is a big deal again. It started less than a decade ago. Obscure brands with weird names like Pappy...

The creation of a perfect martini is no great mystery. Once the process to produce one is learned, a perfect martini can be made over...

Some men are born great drinkers, others have great drinking ability thrust upon them. Despite looking like one of Harry Enfield's scousers with his tight...

Every man, whether he knows it or not, feels some primordial attraction for the allure of paradise. After all, down the centuries the world’s major...

The Star of Comedy Central’s Insomniac might not be able to sleep, but he can sure as hell drink. The Drunkard talks to Dave...

The following account may startle you. And it may save you from a horrifying fate. In the 1950s a sinister new menace swept America. Spawned...

The current war is being touted as a war of good vs. evil, by us and Al-Qaeda. And it is. But to define it...

I don’t know how many countries actually signed the Evil Booze Nonproliferation Treaty of 1903, but we can safely say it was a total...

Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder and Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM). Special guest: Karl Christian Krumpholz,...

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...

Alcohol has been with us since the beginning of civilization, in the best and worst of circumstances. It has survived countless attempts to limit...