,,Let me advise you, Madam, leave off your dam’d adulterated water, your tea, and take to wine. It will paint your face better than vermilion, and put more honesty in your heart than all the sermons you can read.” English novelist Henry Fielding See more Drinking Quotes
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 the next dish we have postponed long enough. It’s probably the most well known hangover cure…
Nothing like a good old pub right? Well, the ones we’ve selected here breathe history like no other. These are the 23 oldest bars of Europe we could find. All were founded before the year 1600. You haven’t truly toured through Europe before you’ve had a beer in all of these amazing pubs. We ranked…
There have been many interesting scientific experiments regarding alcohol in the past, but the South Bank University in London is taking it to a whole new level. Researchers in the English capital want to discover why people get drunk. For this purpose they spent 20.000 Pounds (about 24.400 Euro’s) on a pub full of hidden…
The 27-year old Paul Harbord from England was given a fine of 100 pounds and six months conditional discharge in court for “obstructing a police officer”. This sentence was given for an incident in December. Harbord was having a hardcore drinking session with his mates in a pub in Old Shotton (County Durham) and expected…
Lord Byron (1788-1824) was a poet from England, who later in his life became a national hero in Greece because of his leading role in the revolution against the Ottoman Empire. But most of his fame he probably achieved with his extravagant lifestyle. George Gordon Byron had numerous love affairs and punished his liver severely…
When you’re out buying bottles of booze for a party in the United States of America there is a fair chance that Benjamin Franklin is laughing at you from your wallet. The face of this ‘Founding Father’ marks the 100 dollar bill. He is not only known from his signature under America’s Declaration of Independence…
Today we read about an initiative to raise money for charity. Normally we are all for this, but this time the event is called Go Sober in October. You guessed it, some – what in their language could only be described as – wankers in Great-Brittain called people up not to drink for a month…
Have you ever had to explain historical events to a drunk person? Not so easy is it?! Well the best way to do this is probably by translating the facts in a language that he or she understands. Let’s imagine world history took place in a bar. This is the first episode of what happened in…
It seems this is getting a bit of a girlpower day. Earlier we brought you the historical tale of pharao Cleopatra VII. And here’s a second post about female drinkers. In England pictures have been revealed after 100 years. On them portraits of women who were banned from Birmingham bars. All the ‘ladies’ on these…
Lords of the Drinks 