A collection of drinking stories.

Our opportunity to embrace the common thread that ties the world together, through booze.

If you really need a reason to drink, here's the most complete and comprehensive calendar of drinking days available.

 Every cocktail has a story, but not all tales are as authentic as the drinks they inspire. From tall barroom tales to clever marketing spins, the origins of some iconic cocktails false.

let’s raise a glass to December 5th, 1933—the day America sobered up and decided sobriety wasn’t for her.

...before the cranberry sauce hits the fan and Aunt Ruth’s passive-aggressive yam casserole rears its bland, gelatinous head, there is a sacred rite of passage... Drinksgiving...

  Bourdain drank his way around the world... he crawled into the closest bar and boozed himself into a stupor. 

Mojo Nixon was a raving lunatic; a manic, no bullshit, larger-than-life agent of chaos. During my lifetime, many of my heroes have passed, but this one really fucking hurts. 

Can you walk into a bar and trade your AA Chip in for a cocktail? We give you the unfiltered facts.

 World Cocktail Day  dates back to 1806, when The Balance and Columbian Repository coined the term "cocktail" as a stimulating liquor with a wide range of sweets, waters, and bitters. 

 17 bars, six games of pool, and an unknowable number of Miller Lites later, I finally tracked it down. But I could never have prepared myself for what I found along the way. 

 Let’s talk about mezcal.  Not your standard-issue bottle of weak-kneed, lime-chasing agave juice. Nope, we’re talking about mezcal—the fiery nectar of the gods and devils alike.