Modern Drunkard Magazine

The Barstool Hunker This popular move (though there’s not much actual moving involved) is usually practiced in dives that cater to regulars. How it’s done: First...

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...

When you pass out beneath the pool table of Lou’s Last Chance Lounge, you don’t need to set an alarm clock. Roger, our most regular...

Ian Stewart is not the type of guy who drinks to forget. But for this British software designer, it only took one night, three shots,...

The Nutty Professor (1963) Dir: Jerry Lewis/Wr: Jerry Lewis & Bill Richmond If asked to list the greatest alky films of all time, most critics would...

1. If you owe someone money, always pay them back in a bar. Preferably during happy hour. 2. Always toast before doing a shot. 3. Whoever...

There’s a rite of passage I was fortunate enough to experience as a boy on my way to becoming a man. This ritual educated me...

As most savvy drinkers are by now aware, Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 is no longer with us. It has been knifed in the...

Leering men, sweaty and bloated, shoved bills at her. I hated them. They didn't deserve to look at her, to throw money at her. She...

“Dude, I have never laughed as hard as I did last night when you intentionally vomited on that couple in the booth.” “Couple?” “Don’t you remember?...

“You should be very careful when drinking. It is very easy to become an alcoholic.” Variations on that theme seem to endlessly echo through a...

Night falls on San Francisco's bustling North Beach district as tourists, flesh peddlers and hipsters troll the sidewalks beneath an ashen sky. I maneuver past...

  The Problem  The Drink  The Solution You lost your job. Brutal Hammer 1 part cheapest vodka 1 part cheapest burgundy Cynically throw in a few ice cubes. Drink ten of these and pass...

Every dedicated drinker knows what they’re really doing it for. It’s not our health — it’s training. You know what I’m talking about. Some freaks...

Who's the greatest boozer of all time? The Contenders Humphrey Bogart 20-1 Charles Bukowski 8-1 Richard Burton 40-1 Lord Byron 30-1 Winston Churchill 6-1 William Faulkner 10-1 W.C. Fields 3-1 F. Scott Fitzgerald...

Winston Churchill, bolstered by gin martinis, outlasted the Luftwaffe. James Bond typically enjoyed a martini while on the clock, right before pummeling an extra into...

The Andy Griffith Show is widely considered one of the most innocent and endearing television shows of all times. Yet drunkenness and moonshining were major...

The beer so strong they don’t even call it beer — they call it liquor. The brew from the bad part of town, the staple...

THE RUMOR Workers at the Corona brewery in Mexico urinate in the beer vats.     False. This persistent rumor started in the mid-1980s and spread like...