5 delicious whiskies from the Scottish islands

Now here’s something new for both website and writer: whisky reviews. Since yours truly never took  any classes or training in recognizing the ingredients, it would be too much to add ‘whisky connoisseur’ to the CV. But since I’ve been a big fan of this drink for many years and the good lads of Flaviar were…

How Alcohol Played a Key Role in Warfare around the World

For centuries alcohol has always played an important, and sometimes decisive, role  in warfare. As it brought the troups moral and courage in many armies the intake of booze was allowed or even stimulated. Other commanders believed it was best to keep their troops as sober as possible, so they wouldn’t go out of control.…

Mark Twain, the drunken father of American literature

If there was ever a functioning drunkard it must have been Mark Twain (1835-1910). In our list of historical drunks there are some  examples of troubled minds, but that was absolutely not the case for this American author. Fellow writer and heavy drinker William Faulkner would describe Twain as ‘The Father of American Literature’. His…