They’re trailblazers, really.

Come on people, given the economic climate, and for that matter, the seven dollar pricetag on bottles of beer, respect your drink and do not, I repeat, do not waste.

There are starving people in Africa, so get drunk and forget about them.

And let that be a lesson. The only two additions I need to make to this list are; There’s food in beer but no beer in food, and if there’s no open bar don’t get in the car.

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Oktoberfest 2011 in Munich, Germany is the world’s biggest Beer Festival. They were expecting more than 6-million people drinking 7-million liters of beer to celebrate Oktoberfest over a span of 17 days.

Around 500 police are on duty and I’m sure they have their hands full. And remember that if you plan on attending an event like this, purchase your concert tickets early.

Here are just some of the beautiful women of past Oktoberfest beer festivals.

This post brought to you by Diageo. All opinions are 100% mine.

Tired of the same old dorm room choices of Captain Morgan, Sailor Jerry, and Bacardi? Then look no further than Zacapa Premium Rum.

It all began in 1976 in eastern Guatemala where the town of Zacapa celebrated its centenary and gave birth to one of the world’s best tasting rums.

Further west, the terrain is perfectly suited to the cultivation of quality sugar cane. In fact, nowhere in the world could be better suited. For here in the rolling uplands of this green fertile landscape, acidic soils and prolonged periods of golden sunlight are the order of the day. The cane is grown here in volcanic soil, no less. However, unlike most rums which use molasses (a by-product of the sugar making process) as their base, Zacapa premium rum uses only the concentrated first press of sugar cane, known as virgin sugar cane honey.

Then comes the ageing process, which takes place high up in the exquisitely beautiful Quetzaltenango highlands, 2,300 metres above sea level, where the cool mountain air slows the ageing process, creating a unique complexity of flavour. The House Above the Clouds is actually one of the world’s highest ageing facilities, and the process employed here, a unique Sistema Solera, is based on a process originally devised by the Spaniards 500 years ago to age sherry. It involves each drop of Zacapa premium dark rum passing through several casks that previously housed American whiskey, Oloroso sherry and Pedro Ximenez wines. So each of these large vessels imparts its own inimitable character that helps give Zacapa its distinctive taste.

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While working the summer at the aforementioned local watering hole, the theme continued, and the following are five of the most memorable stories from my summer at the bar.

I chose to omit the name of the bar — see story #2.

Provided videos are examples for reference only, not actual footage from the following five stories.

5. Scooby Snacks

Ingredients:

• 1/2 oz Malibu coconut rum
• 1/2 oz Midori melon liqueur
• 1/2 oz pineapple juice
• 1 1/2 oz whipped cream

One of the first people I met while working the bar was a rotund regular — a Norwegian named Ronin, and clearly not of the Sig Hansen DNA strain. All Ronin cared to drink were Scooby Snacks, and after losing track of his shot count and a denied attempt for “more Scoobies” he would settle with a Diet Coke, no ice, before slipping off his barstool and away to wherever it is he would go.

At the end of one of the bubbly blonde cocktail waitress’ shifts and long after Ronin was denied his last frothy treat, she clocked out and went to her car. About 5 minutes later she came crying back to the bar, explaining how a certain disheveled, rotund man had commandeered her driver’s seat, comfortably asleep and accompanied by 3-hours worth of neon green liquid sprayed across her dashboard.

When she tried to pull him out of her car all he could mumble was, “more Scoobies.”

Always lock your doors.

4. The Aniversario

Ingredients:

• Jose Cuervo Aniversario 250 Extra Anejo Tequila

A younger, late 20-something guy who had just got a promotion came into the bar alone and was clearly feeling on top of his game. He planted himself next to two mid 30-something (presumably divorcees) women, makeup caked on, and before even asking their names, ordered three of “your most expensive shots” for him and the two girls women he hadn’t just met.

The shot? Jose Cuervo Aniversario 250 Extra Anejo Tequila. The chaser? Monster. The bill? $750. The look of shock on his face after realizing he and two strangers just choked down ‘The Aniversario’ like it was Sour Apple Pucker Schnapps from a flask outside of a high-school dance? Priceless.

3. Getting Frenched

Ingredients:

• Chilled Grand Marnier shots

I’m not sure where it originated (despite my manager taking credit for it because he thought it was cool), but “getting Frenched” or “getting French,” as we called it, became a local trend.

If you’re like me and you thought that taking a shot of Grand Marnier was the ‘Patron’ equivalent of taking a shot of Triple Sec, you’d be mistaken and surprised to learn it’s actually an 80-proof Cognac blend that tastes surprisingly good… and more importantly, that girls love. So much in fact that we began giving free shots of ol’ Grand Ma away to any girls who would make out with each other (or guys willing to approach these classy ladies in hopes of making out new friends) for the sole enjoyment of all bar patrons — a la getting Frenched.

Moral of the story? Get french.

2. The Jersey Turnpike

Ingredients:

• Whatever the bartenders spill on the spill mat for the duration the bar is open.

As you might get in any bar — the barfly type who causes a scene, doesn’t know his limits, pulls from a flask inside the bar, gets handsy with the waitresses and epitomizes your general brown-bagger — the aforementioned showed up one night and quickly got the boot.

Despite there being two doormen and a cover charge he clearly wouldn’t pay, the guy managed to sneak back in. Being the ignorant inebriate he was, he forcefully told one of our more ‘seasoned’ bartenders to “gimme a drink.”

Unspecified, the bartender chose a personal favorite, the Jersey Turnpike — pouring the night’s spill mat into a shot glass and giving the man a drink c’est cadeau — on the house.

The shot went down without a thought and the man soon left on his own accord.

1. Four Horsemen Go To Hell aka Self-Immolation

Ingredients:

• One shot Jack Daniels
• One shot Jim Beam
• One shot Johnnie Walker
• One shot Jose Cuervo
• One shot Bacardi 151 (lit on fire)

A frat-type guy came in with his frat-type buddies and clearly trying to impress them, ordered four horsemen go to hell. The trick with this maritime favorite is take them quick, because if you don’t, the flaming 151 shot is too hot to throw down. Homeboy frat-guy didn’t know this.

Instead, he took too long to get to the flaming Bacardi that when he finally did, the flame had heated the glass so hot that when he slammed his hand on the shot rim to put it out, the shot glass (which sticks to you hand as the dying flame uses up all the oxygen between your palm and the Bacardi and creates a vacuum) burned a shot-sized-blister-ring on his palm. He reacted by yanking the shot glass from his palm, spilling flaming ball of Bacardi all over his friends — his entire arm lighting up in in what can only be described as straight up Thích Quảng Đức.

Naturally, he had to be removed.

Our buddies over at Complex Magazine have put together the definitive gallery of completely wasted athletes.

The is the be all, the end all, the chedda, the meat sweater, nobody do it better of drunk sports figures and figurettes.

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Following the Boston Bruins’ Stanley Cup win over the Vancouver Canucks, the team headed to Shrine at the Foxwoods resort and ran up a tab to rival Mark Cuban’s $110,000 liquor bill just days before. 

Highlights Included on the receipt are a 30-liter bottle of Ace of Spades “Midas” champagne which was hand delivered by Shrine owners at the price of $100,000 and two bottles of Coors Light.

More photos from their night out below.