Work is the curse of the drinking class.

-Oscar Wilde

After a debaucherous date last night with a lovely young lady (if you ever have a chance to try Gelato based cocktails, especially whilst wearing a wicker islander hat, by God man DO IT) I find myself running a tad late this morning.

For this reason, I’ve decided to save you all the headache of tracking down the best of Urban Monarch’s drinking articles and instead, serve them up ‘neat’ myself.

Here goes.

We’ll start things off with my review of the best vodka in the world.

Still have some scraps in your liquor cabinet? Turn them into cocktails dammit!

Next, Greg gave us some good advice: “Fear not the blanco!”

Before you pour your next beer, read this.

The always dapper Glenn shared his mother’s ancient chinese secret (aka Simple Margarita Recipe) here.

Looking for a good ’starter scotch’? Begin your journey here.

Mankind’s greatest invention. The internet? Sanitation? Jessica Alba? None of the above.

If you’re looking for an inexpensive, yet virtuous vodka, find it here.

The grandaddy of them all, Modern Drunkard.

Looking for something different from your typical Friday night kegger? Try this.

Cheap? Poor? Thirsty? All of the above?

Start with an inexpensive wine. Finish with a round of free drinks.

Still have 1/2 a bottle of wine left over? Find out how to store it till breakfast.

Drink up, get rich.

Remember kids, you are what you drink.

Next we have Cash’s first cocktail recipe.

All that wonderful booze, but how to keep it cool?

Cheap tequila can be a wonderful thing.

Drink to your health.

A tippler’s life for me: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Finally, my own take on Cherry Coke.

Drink hard, drink often.