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The Beer Brewing Monkeys of Borneo

Long thought the figment of sailors’ over-active imaginations, recent studies have proven the existence of savvy primates who know how to make fermented brew...

Drunkard Q&A

What's with the layout? It seems a little dated. A little dated? Try a lot dated. You can date it all the way back to...

8 Hours in a Barroom

5:45 pm You’ll just stop in the bar for a quick one after work. 6:10 pm Just one more beer to relieve the stress. I...

Hello! My Name is Pancho

Hello! My name is Pancho. I have come to spit up on your carpet. Hello! My name is Pancho These are my friends. They like your beer, And...

Cads, Rakes and Bounders

Does a drink cadged from a stranger taste far superior to one earned by the sweat of your brow? Are you immune to the slightest...

Episode 5: Gin and Tonics With Sid Pink

Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder and Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM). Special guest: Impresario Sid Pink,...

Weapons of Mass Inebriation

Alcohol is much more than a sure cure for sobriety. Cast a gaze back into the mists of history and you'll see wine, beer and...

You Spill–We Kill!

I staggered through the gauntlet of scantily-clad tribeswomen and their brutal staffs rained down like the Devil's own hailstorm. I gritted my teeth against...

Rum and Marriage

Walking up the dirt road, Mark realized that he would never walk up this road in the same way. He would never drink a...

Boozing Through a Break Up

Well, here you are. It's over. It's probably been coming for some time, but being the romantic sap that you are, you thought you could...

Drunkard of the Issue #55: Mojo Nixon

You lived in Denver in the early ‘80s. Did you do some drinking then? Oh, hell yeah. Those were the wild and woolly days. I...

For Whom the Booze Tolls

Ernest Hemingway had rolled into Key West a couple of weeks earlier. After touring the local dives, he settled in at a rough and...
Bartender's Burden

Bartender’s Burden

You’re an idiot. Maybe you know it, maybe you don’t. Maybe you’ve heard it from dozens of people, but you were kinda drunk at the...

The Home Bar Handbook

Everyone should have a bar in their home, and if you don't believe me, just ask someone who has one. Once he's done lording...

Good Cop, MADD Cop: How to Avoid a DUI

Former Police Officer Tim Stone doesn’t look like the kind of cop you want to get pulled over by when you’ve been drinking deep...

Above and Beyond Last Call: Medals for Boozing Beyond the Call of Duty

Blackout Brigade Medal of Merit Motto: “I won’t remember you.” Long after lesser drunks have staggered off to bed, these valorous boozers shout: “Yes, I will...

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Drunkards of the Issue

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Clash of the Tightest

The Great Drunks

Historical Hooching