Liquor and the Law

Liquor and the Law

Richard English

The Lost Art of Staggering

Marc O'Maolain

Clash of the Tightest

Quarterfinals: Burton Vs. Bukowski & Bogart Vs. Faulkner

Frank Kelly Rich

Rummy Royalty

Giles Humbert III

Confessions of a Jack Lawyer

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Feb 03

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Battle for the Booze: The New Attack on Alcohol

Frank Kelly Rich

Be Good or Be Gone: The Legend of McSorley’s Old Ale...

Tom Sangl

Drunkard of the Issue Feb 03: Spike Walker

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The Forgotten Code

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Booze News

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Pushing Prohibition

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May 22: Sherlock Holmes Day
It's Sherlock Holmes Day. Why today? Because the master detective's creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was born on this day in 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. If your a fan of the Holmes stories, you may know that Sherlock was a bit of a sybarite, indulging in stimulative chemicals, pipe tobacco, and booze. He possessed a wide palate when it came to drinking, showing an appreciation for beer, wine, brandy and whisky. But what about Sir Arthur? Did the man behind the legend like a drink? He did. He started drinking port, claret and beer in his early teens while in boarding school and expanded from there. In fact, if you examine his memoirs, it appears Conan merely passed his own drinking and smoking habits to Sherlock. Write about what you know, a wise man once said, and Conan took this sage advice to heart.