Drinking Holidays

[Niemz]

June

1 Latrobe Brewing Co. founded (1939). The “33” on Rolling Rock bottles is an homage to a copywriting typo. Rolling Rock.

2 Vandals sack Rome (477). Rally your tribe and invade a snooty wine bar.
Fall of Rome
2 oz Dry vermouth
1 oz Brandy
Dash Sherry
Dash Rose’s Lime Juice
Orange juice
Pour vermouth and brandy into glass, add lime, fill with orange juice, stir. Splash brandy on top, serve with straw.

3 Cain murdered Abel (Hebrew). Stick your bro with the tab. Top shelf liquor.

4 Socrates’ Birthday (469 BC). Beware of cocktails mixed by enemies.
Poison Cocktail
1 oz vodka
1 oz Parfait D’Amour
1 oz bitter lemon.
Mix the liquor, top with bitter lemon.

5 Pancho Villa’s Birthday (1878). Last words: “Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.” Pancho Villa Tequila.

6 Anniversary of D-Day. Fullbore drunkards FDR and Churchill drive stake in that evil teetotaler Hitler’s heart. Steel Reserve 211.

7 Dean Martin’s Birthday (1917). “I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. They wake up in the morning and that’s the best they’re going to feel all day.” Scotch rocks.

8 Name Your Poison Day. Build up your immunity to the nasty stuff. You name it.

9 The Witch Is Dead Day. Hatchet-wielding, saloon-smashing prohibitionist Carrie nation croaks in 1911. Saloon whiskey.

10 Alcoholics Anonymous established. Where the bad drunks go.
So Long Sucker
1 oz Absolut Kurant
1 oz Absolut Citron
1 oz Apple Pucker
1 oz Blue Maui
Shake with ice, strain.

11 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Fake a note from your doctor. 3.2 beer.

12 Baseball is invented (1839). Drinking beer takes on a whole new meaning. Pitcher of beer.

13 Alexander the Great drinks himself to death (323 BC). The “I Just Conquered The Whole Damn World Party” got a little out of hand. Brandy Alexander.

14 Che Guevera’s (1928) and Donald Trump’s (1946) Birthdays. Pick a fight with yourself. Expensive champagne and cheap tequila.

15 Waylon Jennings Birthday (1937). Outlaw musician was one of Buddy Holly’s Crickets. Moonshine.

16 Day of the Rat (Buddhist). “Never rat on a rat.”—Rat Pack’s official motto. Whatever you can steal.

17 Battle for Bunker Hill Day (1775). Defend your barstool to the bitter end. PBR.

18 Battle of Waterloo (1815). Reenact the battle in your stomach with cognac and gin. You heard me.

19 Miller High Life unleashed on the drinking public (1903). Named after a brand of cigar. Miller High Life.

20 Errol Flynn’s Birthday (1909). Raise a stiff one to the swashbuckling souse.
In Like Flynn Cocktail
1 1/2 oz spiced rum
1 1/2 oz Irish Mist
Mix and shoot.

21 Gin and Tonic Season begins. You can now drink G&Ts without any risk to your masculinity. Gin and tonic.

22 Zeppelin Day. Drink it up and burn it down.
Flaming Hindenburg
1 oz Bacardi 151
1/2 oz peppermint schnapps
1/2 oz Southern Comfort
1/2 oz tequila
Layer with 151 rum on top. Ignite, blow it out, shoot.

23 St. Agrippina Day. Patron saint against evil spirits, leprosy and thunder. Grappa.

24 Feast of the Sun (Aztec). Drink ‘til the sun comes up. Sol Cervesa.

25 Anniversary of Custer’s Last Stand (1876). Make your own stand at the bar.
Last Stand
1/2 oz ouzo
1/2 oz vodka
6 drops Tabasco Sauce
Mix and shoot.

26 Bicycle patented (1819). “Scotch needs water like a fish needs a bicycle.”—W.C. Fields. Fat Tire.

27 Death of Julian the Blessed Festival (Roman). Jules, baby! We never even knew ya, kid! Strega.

28 Paul Bunyan Day. Imagine that poor bastard’s bar tabs. Beer, straight from the pitcher.

29 St. Peter’s Day. Patron saint of clockmakers, fishermen, Russia; against fever, foot trouble and wolves. Red Wolf Red Ale.

30 Superman debuted in print (1938). Booze ‘til you’re bulletproof.
Kryptonite
1 oz Midori melon liqueur
1/2 oz Rumple Minze
1/2 oz Goldschlager
1 oz shot Bacardi 151
Pour into shot glass, layer with 151.

[Decind]

I like #19...

[earthcrusher]

I thought the drinking holidays were only those days that end in Y.

[Niemz]

July

1 The Feast of the Most Precious Blood. Creepy Catholic celebration celebrates Christ bleeding. Rusty Nail.

2 National Literacy Day. Attempt to write the Great American Novel on bar napkins—one drink at a time. Booker’s Bourbon.

3 International Civil Disobedience Day. No, I will not show you my ID! Screwdrivers at home.

4 Independence Day (USA). Celebrate our freedom to drink crappy American beer. Bud.

5 Peace and Unity Day (Rwanda). Seethe irony and sarcasm. Virgin Bloody Mary, except with vodka.

6 The Running of the Bulls Festival begins. Substitute bouncers for bulls. Schlitz Malt Liquor.

7 Great Gatsby Festival. Suit up and drink like you got a million bucks. Cosmopolitan.

8 Julius Caesar's Birthday (100 BC). Et tu, boozus?
Bloody Caesar
2 oz vodka
1 dash worcestershire sauce
1 dash Tabasco Sauce
1 oz Clamato Juice
Celery salt
Pepper
Rim tall glass with celery salt, fill with ice and ingredients. Garnish with a celery stick and lime.

9 National POW/MIA Day. Raise a glass to brothers lost. Colt 45 Malt Liquor.

10 National Pina Colada Day. “Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne.”—Rupert Holmes. Pina Colada.

11 Buffalo Bill Day. Saved our young nation from marauding bison. Buffalo Trace Whiskey.

12 Milton Berle’s Birthday. “If it wasn’t for the olives in his martinis, he’d starve to death.” Martinis, extra olives.

13 Fool’s Paradise Day. See you at the bar. Whatever you’re buying.

14 Bastille Day (French). Fourth of July for francophiles. Cognac.

15 Respect Canada Day. Okay, but only because of hockey and the Mackenzie brothers, eh? Molson.

16 Anniversary of the Whiskey Rebellion. In 1794 American farmers rose up against the federal government to protest new taxes on liquor. Bottle of liquor from the duty-free shop.

17 St. Alexis’ Day. Patron saint of panhandlers. PBR draft.

18 Hunter S. Thompson’s Birthday (1937). “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.” Wild Turkey.

19 St Arnold’s Day. The patron saint of beer spent his life teaching that water was dangerous and beer was dangerously delicious. Chimay Ale.

20 Cockney Day. Get Brahms and Liszt down at the rub-a-dub-dub. Giggle and titter.

21 Ernest Hemingway’s Birthday (1899). Celebrate the man who taught two generations how to drink.
Papa Doble
2 1/2 ounces White Bacardi Rum
Juice of 1/2 grapefruit
6 drops grenadine
Mix with half scoop of ice in a blender. Garnish with a cherry.

22 John Dillinger is gunned down outside a movie theatre (1934). Should have went to the pub.
Gangbuster Punch
1 1/2 oz vodka
1 1/2 oz peach schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
Splash 7-Up
Shake well, strain.

23 Raymond Chandler’s Birthday (1888). Literary father of the booze-belting P.I. Rye whiskey.

24 National Tequila Day. AKA Wake Up In Jail Day. Tequila.

25 St. Christopher’s Day. Patron saint of bikers and bachelors.
Confirmed Bachelor
1 1/2 oz Gin
1 tsp Grenadine
1/2 tsp Rose’s Lime Juice
1 Egg white
Shake with ice, strain.

26 Revolution Day (Cuba). Fidel continues to revolt. Cuba Libre.

27 National Scotch Day. “Well, between scotch and nothin’, I suppose I’d take scotch. It’s the nearest thing to good moonshine I can find.” —William Faulkner. Scotch (if there’s no ‘shine on hand).

28 Hurricane Supplication Day (Virgin Islands). Fight fire with fire. Hurricanes.

29 Rasputin’s Birthday (1871). Wino monk held sway over the Russian empire. Madeira wine (his favorite).

30 All American Soap Box Derby Day. Recapture those forgotten memories of childhood glory. Gin and ginger ale.

31 Jimmy Hoffa disappears (1975). Left behind a lotta outstanding bar tabs. Union-made beer.

[Niemz]

August

1 Modern Drunkard Magazine was unleashed on the drinking public (1996). Rise up, boozehead! Anything and everything.

2 Peter O’Toole’s Birthday (1932). “I was so drunk I thought I was Peter O’Toole.”—Richard Burton. Irish whiskey.

3 Feast of Caligo (Roman). All hail the Mother of Chaos! Mix whatever’s on hand in a bucket.

4 St. Sithney’s Day. Patron saint of mad dogs. Something frothy.

5 Andy Capp debuted in Britain’s Daily Mirror (1957). Best comic strip ever. As many pints as your lady will buy you.

6 Robert Mitchum’s Birthday (1917). “The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I’ve spent more time in jail.”
Extended Jail Sentence
1 oz Jack Daniels
1 oz Southern Comfort
1 oz Gold tequila
Flash blend with ice, serve.

7 Customer Appreciation Day. Hip your bartender to this one. One on the cuff.

8 Anniversary of the Great Train Robbery (1963). Pub pals make off with $7 million. Beer with your more ambitious buddies.

9 National Polka Day. Doesn’t sound so bad if you’re really, really drunk. Steins of beer.

10 St. Lawrence of Rome’s Day. Patron saint of cooks, protector of vineyards. Cooking sherry.

11 Puck Fair (Irish). In Ireland Puck is often blamed for finishing pub-goers drinks. Your barstool neighbor’s drink.

12 International Youth Day. When they march past the pub, taunt them with your drink. Aged scotch.

13 Don Ho’s Birthday (1930). Patron saint of fat drunk guys in loud Hawaiian shirts. Tiki drinks.

14 Trifon Zaresan Festival. Bulgarian wine drinking celebration. Bulgarian wine.

15 Liechtenstein National Day. The populace of this tiny monarchy drink more per capita than anyone on the planet.
Mighty Mouse
1 oz Vodka
3/4 oz Triple sec
3/4 oz Grenadine
Mix and shoot.

16 Charles Bukowski’s Birthday (1920). Open and close a dive. Thunderbird.

17 Feast of the Hungry Ghosts (China). Remember: Ghosts are afraid of whiskey. Whiskey.

18 Bad Poetry Day. That’s every day for some of you. Port.

19 Burn Witch Burn Day (1609). Among the crimes the Salem witches were accused of was making good beer go bad.
Frisky Witch
1 1/2 oz Black Sambuca
1 1/2 oz Vodka
Mix and shoot.

20 National Homeless Animals Day. If activists tied a bottle of scotch around every stray’s neck, they would all be adopted immediately. And named Lucky. Lucky Lager.

21 National Forgiveness Day. Good day to test the endurance of those 86s. Whatever you can get away with.

22 Dorothy Parker’s Birthday (1893). “I like to have a martini, two at the very most. After three I’m under the table, after four I’m under my host.” At least four martinis.

23 Anniversary of the Death of William “Braveheart” Wallace. When they cruelly drag you out of the pub, make sure you roar, “Freedom! Freedom!” Scotch.

24 Festival of Vulcan and the Nymphs (Roman). Vulcan was a forerunner of Hef. Jello shot.

25 Sean Connery’s Birthday (1930). The one true Bond. Martini.

26 Woman’s Equality Day. Let the ladies pick up the tab. Top shelf.

27 Feast of Incandescent Rebellion (China). Light up a dim dive with your sparkling personality. Flaming drinks.

28 St. Augustine of Hippo’s Day. Patron saint of brewers wrote that God didn’t mind the occasional bender. Trappist ale.

29 Pardon the Sea Day (British). Damned polite of them, considering all the sailors they’ve lost. Grog.

30 Aga-Ou Festival (Voodoo). Top notch voodoo elephant festival. Voodoo Spiced Rum.

31 Snake Dance Festival (Hopi). Best performed after falling off a barstool. King Cobra Malt Liquor.

[Niemz]

September

1 Labor Day. “A person can work up a mean mean thirst after a hard day of nothin’ much.” —Replacements.
Working Man’s Zinfandel
2 oz tequila
2 oz scotch
1 oz cinnamon schnapps
1 oz peach schnapps
Sprite
Mix liquor with ice, top with Sprite.

2 World War II ends (1945). Drunks save the free world from tyrannical teetotaler.
Victory Collins
1 1/2 oz Vodka
3 oz lemon juice
3 oz grape juice, unsweetened
1 tsp powdered sugar
1 slice orange
Shake with ice, strain into a Collins glass over ice cubes. Garnish with orange slice.

3 Lost Day. Good day to start a bender. Pint of rye.

4 Looking For the Boundaries Day (Cuchumatan Indians, Guatemala Highlands). Test the boundaries of last call. Mescal.

5 On the Road published. Barhop like Cassady and Kerouac. Cheap beer.

6 Read a Book Day. See if they have a bartender’s bible behind the bar. Flop the guide open and see what you get.

7 Keith Moon overdosed on drugs prescribed to combat his alcohol problem (1978). Well, it cured his drinking. Booze, hold the drugs.

8 Star Trek debuts (1966). Kirk and his lusty band of drunks are unleashed on the universe. Romulan Ale.

9 Horned Dance Festival (Pagan). Ah yes, the horned dance. You know the one. Sex on the Beach.

10 Buy a Regular a Drink Day. Wonder who came up with this one. Cheapest draft.

11 National Tricky Handshake Day. We kid you not. Left Hand Sawtooth Ale.

12 H.L. Mencken’s Birthday (1880). H.L. estimated that 17,864,392,788 cocktails could be conceivably mixed from the ingredients a well-stocked bar. #5,054,458s and lots of ‘em.

13 National Peanut Day. And you know what goes with peanuts. Draft beer.

14 Slaughter of the Pig at Santa Maria delle Grazie (Italian). When the Italian’s have a pig roast, they really do it up. Negroni.

15 Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. Perk her up by picking up the tab. Whatever the lady wants.

16 Day of the Great Mother (Pagan). We all know a few. Gran Ma.

17 M.A.S.H. debuts (1972). “Swill gin? Sir, I have sipped, lapped, and taken gin intravenously but I have never swilled.” —Hawkeye. Gin martini, Sahara dry.

18 Captain Nelson discovered Jeannie in a bottle (1965). Was only slightly disappointed she wasn’t bourbon.
Jeannie’s Dream
4 oz Malibu Rum
2 oz sloe gin
2 oz orange juice
2 oz pineapple juice
2 oz 7-Up
Mix Malibu, juices and 7-Up. Gently top with sloe gin.

19 Feast of Thoth (Egyptian). The god purported to have taught the Egyptians how to make beer. Pyramid Pale Ale.

20 Alexander the Great’s Birthday (256 BC). Conquered the world while on a bender. Tequila Alexander.

21 Swiss National Yodeling Festival. You never know until you try. Longneck bottled beer (to defend yourself).

22 National Wine Week begins. Week-long bender! MD 20/20.

23 John Paul Jones victorious (1779). Declare, "I have not yet begun to drink!" at last call and see how far it gets you.

24 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Birthday (1896). “Sometimes I wish I’d went through those good times stone cold sober so I could remember everything—but then again, if I ‘d been sober the times probably wouldn’t have been worth remembering.” Champagne Cocktail.

25 William Faulkner’s Birthday (1897). “There’s no such thing as bad whiskey. Some just happen to be better than others.” Well whiskey.

26 Gilligan’s Island debuts (1964). Fact: 70% of men prefer MaryAnne.
Gilligan’s Island
1 oz vodka
1 oz peach schnapps
3 oz orange juice
3 oz cranberry juice
Shake, pour over ice.

27 Samuel Adams’ Birthday (1722). Patriot, brewer, boozehead. Sam Adams Lager.

28 Drink As Much Beer As Possible Day. Started in Milwaukee. Case of Old Milwaukee.

29 Festival of Tezcatzonctl (Aztec). All Hail the Chief Aztec God of Intoxication! Tequila.

30 Cheers debuts (1982). “Terrorists, Sam. They’ve taken over my stomach and they’re demanding beer.”—Norm. A trough of beer and a snorkel.

[Kitty]

[Decind]

Great post/graphic Kitty!

[Kitty]

Ty. Took me a bit of searching. Glad I did though, found a bunch of awesome new graphics.

[Decind]

Keep on searching, good luck.

[Kitty]

September 29, 2012 is
National Coffee Day