When we are discussing the greatest drunks in history we usually don’t mean hobos or bums. But Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin sure could be catagorized as one. This Russian wandering monk made people believe he had special powers, that he was a some what of a saint, a psychic and a healer. Many people were fooled…
While art is usually a matter of opinion, Pablo Picasso was without a doubt one of the greatest painters of the 20th century. The born Spaniard was also pretty hooked on absynthe, a drink that also inspired painters like Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Paul Gaugain and Édouard Manet. To describe his relationship to ‘the…
Time for a new real life drinking story. It’s about a night that would be remembered (figure of speech of course, since the protagonists in this story suffered from major black-outs) as ‘the night we took over the world’. We’ll explain that in a bit. Two words that will cling to this story forever are…
All through history it seems drinking was mainly a hobby of men. Sure, women of lower classes could hit the bottle too, but in most cultures and societies it wasn’t very ladylike to get absolutely smashed. Unless you’re the queen of Egypt of course, a culture that was quite fond of drinking. Cleopatra VII was…
Monday, for most people the longest and most depressing day of the week. It seems so long till your next weekend and you feel you haven’t rested enough in the previous one. Work is progressing slowly and your boss is being a dick. A whole week of this crap, how are you ever gonna deal…
We already gave you some tips and tricks to get rid of your hangover. But every country has its own traditional dishes to make the process go faster. We like to give you a taste of the international anti-hangover cuisine. Now this will be a special episode. We already introduced you to a Peruvian dish called aguadito…
Today it’s Peruvian Independence Day and for this occasion we’ll make today a theme day. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, one post at a time. In this one we’ll discuss the national strong drink of Peru called pisco, the so called pisco wars and the recipe for the 2 most common cocktails that…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is the national hero of Turkey. He was an army officer, a revolutionary, founder of modern day Turkey but above all one hell of a drinker. The man drank a liter of raki, the Turkish national liquor, a day. Probably also the reason why he died only 57 years old from a…
Jan van Speijk was one of the first national heroes of current Holland. In 1831 he blew up his ship along with the whole crew in the port of Antwerpen, rather than to see it in the hands of the rebellious Belgians. In the young new state – Holland became independent in 1815 after being…
Drinking and smoking has always been a solid combination. Most smokers consume more cigarettes when they hit the booze and lots of people only smoke when they drink. Together with good company this is the holy trinity while sitting in a bar. But why is it that drinks and smokes go so well together? American…
Lords of the Drinks 