Booze Traveler

Beer, rebellion, soccer, Islam, and fiery brandy stir modern Turkey. Although drinking is highly restricted, Turks drink defiantly and patriotically across the country-from bustling city streets to ancient islands.

Spit beer, deep Amazon, a frog smoothie, and the high Andes. Peru serves up strange magic at every turn.

Flaming moonshine, a secret society, cool Vermouth, and the world's fastest game. With the most bars in Europe, Spain serves up a mix of independent people and tastes.

Pinecone schnapps, a beer spa, and an alpine house party. Jack Maxwell gets a taste for Austrian medicine.

Moss schnapps, volcanic beer, and a marathon pub crawl keep Icelanders warm. On the edge of the Arctic, Jack Maxwell discovers how isolation, innovation, and Vikingspirit combine to make Iceland.

Camel vodka, fermented horse milk, champion wrestlers, and nomadic life. Modern Mongolia is never far from its wandering warrior past.

A holy marijuana milkshake, Sherpa beer and the Yeti's favorite drink bring Jack high into the Himalayas.

Poison blowfish sake, a wine bath, and Sumo drinking buddies. Jack pops the top on high-pressure Japan.

A drink with the Devil, a pagan ritual, beer with giants and the hunt for a mythical bird makes for a strange trip through the tiny post-Soviet nation of Lithuania.

Fish pickle, a fortress full of rare beer and barrels of Dutch Courage keep Jack afloat in the Netherlands.

In one of the oldest inhabited regions in the world, Jack finds human sacrifice, mulberry moonshine, wine grapes from Noah's ark and the brandy that changed the world.

Jack celebrates the Day of the Dead in The Big Easy with tobacco liquor, voodoo room service, and Mardi Gras's secret ingredient-one of the rarest drinks on the planet.

Belize's beautiful beaches and lush jungle tempt Jack with Mayan chocolate wine and seaweed-rum smoothies. They also conceal a boozy confederate escape.

Homemade honey hooch, Zulu tribal beer and wine from palm trees wait for Jack in South Africa.

Jack explores Tennessee, uncovering the surprising link between moonshiners and George Washington, a legendary Whiskey brought back from the dead, and an old-timey Rum in the heart of Whiskey Country.