The Best Catholic Drinking Book of All Time?
Drinking Matters: Drinking with the Saints, Regnery Publishing, Russell Kirk, and That Old Bookseller in Niles, Michigan
Category: Drinking
Where to Put Your Money in This Wild Market?
Whiskey as an alternative investment? What about gin?
Parliament Created the 18th-Century’s Great Gin Craze
And then, in 1720, Parliament passed the Mutiny Act, which exempted distillers from the requirement to accept billeted troops. Every father who didn’t want soldiers living in his house …
Drinking with Children
The very first Christmas card showed a young child drinking mulled wine. It was 1843, the year Dickens’ Christmas Carol came out.
“Dorothy Parker was a Brilliant Slut” and Other Sundries to Fascinate Your Friends at the Bar
She was also a drunk and had a wicked sense of humor to go with it. She was the only female member of the notoriously drunken Algonquin Round Table, …
Black Wednesday Arriveth
I was going to play my Spotify "Garage Rock Elite" playlist, but it promises to be a more laid-back affair, so I might go with my "Mellow" list. We'll …
Finding Epicurus in a Time of Immense Woe and Suffering
How will I deal with Michigan shutting down the bars on Black Wednesday?
How Much Liquor Can You Drink with COVID?
Shocker: Every story on the first-page search results cautioned against drinking during the COVID pandemic
Ten Catholic Drinking Costumes Guaranteed to Impress
If you have costume parties to attend, and you want to embrace your Catholicism, and you want to embrace the (drinking) weekend, I have ten great ideas.
How Many Beers Does It Take to Find the Tao?
C.S. Lewis would’ve said “zero.” It’s the Tao that helps you find the beer.
The Great London Gin Craze
By the mid-1730s, there were 8,659 gin shops in London
1,800 Pumpkin Beers Can’t be Wrong
Pumpkin beer in America goes back a long way. That 1985 pumpkin beer? It was apparently crafted from a recipe used by George Washington himself . . . he …