If you are a regular follower of Lords of the Drinks you know we like to keep things light around here. Also you will very rarely see a post written in the first person. Well, this post is gonna be different. Every since a boeing of Malaysian Airlines carrying 193 men, women and children from my…
Remember the Lords of the Drinks U1600 Tour? That’s right, we searched for the oldest 23 bars in Europe. All of them were founded before the year 1600 (Under 1600). They may have switched names or owners in this time but they never stopped serving beers. This amazing journey takes you through 11 different countries.…
If you are not living on another planet (and even in that case) you probably noticed the shocking 5-1 victory of the Netherlands over Spain yesterday at the world cup. Many theories have been released since then, but we claim we have the one and only real explanation. In Spain they believe garlic brings you…
Football and alcohol are such a perfect match that most fans can hardly picture one without the other. It doesn’t matter if you drink to calm the nerves, get an energy boost, socialize with the lads or simply soften the soar throat from the singing, alcohol is an absolute must at matches. It’s fun to see how…
Great leaders usually surround themselves with great people. Judging by his company we have no doubt that Barack Obama will go into history as one of the greatest American presidents ever. Two days before Obama’s arrival in The Netherlands for a nuclear convention three of his secret service agents got completely smashed. The Washington Post…
The Dutch capital Amsterdam today counts as one of the biggest party cities in the world. With a large variety of pubs and night clubs, as well as easy access to all kinds of drugs and legal prostitution the city is a modern Sodom and Gomorra. And of course accidents can easily happen in such a…
It’s very well possible that alcohol can slow down the breakdown of the human body caused by the muscle disease MS (multiple sclerosis). At least for the ‘relapsing-remitting’ form of the disease. That’s the conclusion Dutch and Belgian researchers draw in the European Journal of Neurology. Besides alcohol the progress of MS would also be…
In our series of historical drunks we usually speak of people in world history who did great things despite the fact they were hammered most of their days. This time we honor a man who turned the drunken mess around him into true art. Jan Steen (1625/1626-1679) was from the same generation of Dutch painters…
In many countries no alcohol is served on voting days. To let the people come to a measured decision, or just show up at all. Well in the Netherlands the opposite is happening. For the next municipal elections in March 2014 Tilburg, the sixth biggest city of Holland, opens a special voting booths at midnight…
So there we were at 6 in the morning. Bringing coffee to cops and firemen, while we were knocking back cans of beer. Normally this behaviour – the beer drinking in public, not handing out coffee – is rewarded with a fine. Now the men and women of the law just gave us some curious…
Lords of the Drinks 