Booze Traveler

Jack Maxwell taps into the mysterious energies of Madagascar and drinks its most potent spirits. He meets mystical monkeys, concocts a snake blood cocktail, shakes his booty with a local tribe, eats pig face for breakfast and makes a boozy offering to the spirit of a king.

In his quest to understand why the Portuguese can feel so homesick, Jack Maxwell dives for a rare seafood delicacy, visits Dr. Frankenstein's liquor laboratory, unearths the Wine of Death and tastes the crown jewel of Portuguese booze, Port wine.

After more than 50 years of being cut off from America, Jack Maxwell visits Cuba! He gets cleansed in the country's oldest religion, drinks rum, sees Hemingway's beloved Havana and sips on the national drink, an iced mojito.

Jack discovers the most epic booze-soaked tales of Croatian legend. He drinks wine with monsters, sieges a centuries old castle, drinks truffles in the land of giants, curses like a sailor in a traditional balote game and finds the cave of Odysseus.

Intoxicated by Colombia, Jack Maxwell visits a Wayuu village where women rule, uncovers El Dorado's smoky truth, breathes in the rum culture and detoxes in a devil's volcano.

After a long, dark past, Cambodia is on the rise. Jack Maxwell drinks Special Muscle Wine with his new friend Chun and hunts spiders for a drink with bite. He visits the holy site Angkor Wat and floats to a village to make some fish paste.

Jack Maxwell heads to Israel, the Land of Milk and Honey. He takes a dip in the Dead Sea, drinks Arak, enjoys a beer with the Speed Sisters and runs into some rowdy rabbis before ending his trip with pomegranate and almond wines at a Shavuot festival.

Jack Maxwell follows Mark Twain's path up the Mississippi river, hitting Louisiana's Mardi Gras, Minnesota's Beer Dabbler Festival and drinking a cocktail in Missouri created by Twain himself.

In South Korea, Jack has a lot to learn when it comes to drink etiquette - all while eating live octopus, taking a punch at an ancient fortress and seeing North Korea, the most isolated country in the modern world.

In this former penal colony, Jack Maxwell has a mussel-diving, sheep-shearing, brothel-crashing, vegemite-swallowing good time in Australia. With the best drinking buddies in the world, it's no worries mate!

Jack Maxwell lets his freak flag fly in the Sunshine State, Florida. He joins a wacky rebellion, drinks whiskey out of a dead alligator, dabbles in Haitian Voodoo, sails a floating Tiki Bar and finds his favorite Miami vice.

The hunt for a mysterious cocktail in Siberia made from Russia's national spirit, cooled by special ice, comes from a holy place and is blessed by a shaman.

From Irish coffee and boozy ice cream to road bowling and pints at the pub, Jack Maxwell meets the people and hears their stories to find out how little Ireland left such a huge mark on the world.

Jack Maxwell learns the meaning of Mexican immortality when he gets blindfolded and thrown into the back of a truck to taste some award-winning mezcal, works the agave fields for tequila, almost gets burned alive in an ancient Aztec ceremony and has a first date with the Saint of Death.

A rolling party, bikers, superfood cocktails, samba superstar, sun, and sand.

Dueling dragons; cobra wine; drunken Kung Fu; beers fit for kings.

Mayan tailgating; a field trip to the underworld; a drink with a god.

Bourbon-soaked chocolate, gator toss, weapons grade punch and skeletons on the porch.

Cuddling with horses, the brew of the gods and the left-footed tango.

The Green Dragon, stag semen stout and rustling up some grubs.

Coconut lighting, hoop daydreams, gin and juice and a military-spec food fight.

Drive-thru margaritas, honky-tonk bingo, bloody beers and the pass of death.

Daiquiris in a Jurassic park; courage on the bunny slope; pineapple homebrew.

St Andrew's 19th hole; part-time Vikings; the world's most expensive scotch.

Banana beer on Kilimanjaro; Maasai boot camp; a drink that grows on trees.

A brandy-soaked wake up call; cat dancing; a life-or-death secret recipe.

Vodka with Santa's helper; a truck full of naked men; a fruity sudden death.

A secret drink with a long-lost Queen; race cars; mafia-fighting bar owners.

smashing bachelor party, sheep and what's supposed to be an ancient hangover cure.

Human sacrifice, mulberry moonshine, wine grapes from Noah's ark and brandy that changed the world.

Jack experiences the rich, innovative drinking history of the Netherlands. He parties on a bike bar, visits a bank filled with beer, and eats herring like the locals.

Lithuania proves that 50 years of oppression didn’t change the ways of the people. Jack gets an inside look at the world of paganism, its rituals and its love for mead. He also experiences the wonders of homemade Lithuanian beer. In the midst of all this, Jack finds a sport that suits him: keg tossing.

Jack takes his booze travels to Japan, a country that has a reputation for being a little unconventional. Amid a culture of honor, family and strict order, drinking provides a balance to this lifestyle and an outlet for people to relax.

From his hometown of Boston to the highest mountain range in the world, Jack travels high into the Himalayas to taste some of the best drinks in Nepal, including a marijuana milkshake, sherpa beer and the Yeti's favorite drink.

Jack travels to the base of the Khangai Mountains to try fermented horse milk; takes a tour of a factory where liquid is filtered through diamonds and pearls to create the perfect vodka; and gets a lesson on making camel-milk vodka.

The land is cold, but the people are warm and full of spirit — the kind of spirit you can drink! Icelanders stay toasty by sipping on their liquor, and Jack is more than willing to join in on the party. From fjallagrassa in the mountains to sipping beer in Hafnarfjordur, he attempts to drink his way across the Land of Fire and Ice.

From soothing hops baths to Zirbenschnapps, a digestive pinecone schnapps, booze in Austria doubles as a medicinal method. Jack heads to downtown Franking to sip on one of Austria’s most famous drinks, visits a distillery in Upper Austria to taste the famous (and quite expensive) eau-de-vie, and much more.

With more bars per capita than any other European country, Spain is just one big fiesta for Jack Maxwell. From tasting sherry in Andalusia to being introduced to Queimada, a flaming punch made with orujo, a 100-proof, wine-based spirit, in Galicia, Jack takes an intoxicating tour of Spain.

From Machu Picchu to the fiery capital of Lima, Peru serves up strange magic at every turn. Jack is in the Land of the Inca to discover the culture behind many of Peru’s most popular drinks, including canazo, a sugarcane liquor, and masato, a traditional Peruvian beverage also known as “spit beer.”

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. Jack Maxwell finds that every glass comes with a very big twist.