Though the days when journalists kept a bottle of hooch in the desk drawer have since passed, that doesn’t mean we’ve lost our thirst for drinking, or thinking about drinking. The Drink Drank Drunk Issue mulls over alcohol at every angle, from haute mixology to the history of Jägermeister and rock, from our forefathers’ booze of choice to Austin’s current (over?)drinking culture.

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