Strange Brews
Choctaw Beer
Before he was known across the country as Pretty Boy Floyd, the outlaw Charles Floyd was known in his Eastern Oklahoma hometown as...
Strange Brews: Jeppson’s Malort
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...
Here’s How to Make a Fucking Bloody Mary
I wasn't aware until fairly recently that there are some people out there—grown-ass adults, even—who have never had themselves a Bloody Mary.
That's wrong. And...
So You Want to Write a Cocktail Guide!
Good for you!
But be aware that there is already a massive, ever-growing zombie horde of cocktail guides out there, so you'll need a fresh...
Punch Drunk: An Interview with David Wondrich
MDM has a word with David Wondrich, one of the world's leading authorities on cocktail history and culture, not to mention the author of...
Volatile Cocktail: An Interview with Cocktail Scientist Dr. Troy Parsons
I met with Dr. Troy Parsons in the President’s Club Lounge during his two-hour layover at Denver International Airport.
He’d just arrived from Houston where...
Solutions to All of Life’s Problems
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...
The Bartender Strikes Back
The rush of the night hits. I'm singing I Fought the Law while slinging a hula hoop around my waist and juggling five burning...