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A Killer Drink

What you drink can say a lot about you—for better or worse. It seems that, with astonishing frequency, murderers tend to be connected with...

Next Time, Hold the Ice

In myth and song, the sinking of the Titanic lingers as a metaphor for the end of the Edwardian age and for the dangers...

Cold War Cocktails

Try to imagine a bar frequented only by star-crossed lovers. A watering hole inhabited by couples doomed never to share each other's lives —...
Barhopping Guide

The Drunkard’s Guide to Barhopping

The difference between a proper evening of bar hopping and a night of being rooted in a single bar is the same difference between...

September: 365 Reasons To Get Drunk

September 1 Labor Day. “A person can work up a mean mean thirst after a hard day of nothin’ much.” —Replacements. Working Man’s Zinfandel 2 oz tequila 2...

Top Shelf Love

I The alarm clock went off and I reached out and found that there was still a bit of scotch left in the bottle, so...

The Drinking Dead, Part III: Drink or Die

Click for Part One or Part Two I swung the heavy base of the Johnnie Walker lamp at the head of the onrushing zombie just as...

The Drinking Dead, Part 1: The Lounge at the End of the World

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...

A Brave New Dawn

It is generally assumed that the drunk is an animal of the night. That we are to be found prowling the dark jungle of dives...

Barkeepin’ College

Two weeks ago I woke up drunk under a speckled sow — for the last time. As the hotel proprietor threw me out the...

Four Nights in Philly

It’s the “City of Brotherly Love” and also the city whose football fans actually booed Santa Claus. One   of its nicknames is “Sleepy...

Lush Lit: The Perfect Buzz: The Essential Guide to Boozing, Bars, and Bad Behavior

The Perfect Buzz: The Essential Guide to Boozing, Bars, and Bad Behavior David Bramwell 144 pages HarperResource A wise old man once told me, “If you are...

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...
Adventures with Alcohol

Adventures with Alcohol: The Binge That Changed History

In the turbulent spring of 1970, Richard Nixon had recently sent 50,000 troops into Cambodia, the U.S. Congress had just dumped the nomination of...

Space, the Wino Frontier: Drinking on Star Trek

Make no mistake— Captain Kirk and his crew were cowboys and they treated the universe like the Wild West. There was always a lot of...

Taking Back Bacchus

Our lives are rooted in context. Our beguilingly adaptive brains make us situational beings. A joke is funny today that wouldn’t be tomorrow or yesterday....

How to Ace an Intervention

It may have already happened to you. A friend or family member invites you over for a drink and suddenly you find yourself surrounded by...

Great Moments in the History Of Hooch

4,000,000 BC Proto-simians develop large brains (suitable for bar tab calculations), stereoscopic vision (a prerequisite for double-vision), and opposable thumbs (to hold a drinking...
Clash of the Tightest

Quarterfinals: Burton Vs. Bukowski & Bogart Vs. Faulkner

Who's the greatest boozer of all time? We’re close to finding out. The first round of the semifinals was settled last month, with a young...

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Clash of the Tightest

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