The WORST episodes of Booze Traveler

Every episode of Booze Traveler ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Booze Traveler!

In 15 1-hour episodes of Booze Traveler cocktail connoisseur Jack Maxwell travels around the world, one drink at a time. Maxwell grew up in south Boston where bars served as the neighborhood living rooms, hosting family dinners, birthdays and weddings. In this new series, he will take his respect and appreciation for specialty cocktails to explore new locales, seeking out the people, places, customs and cultures behind drinks across the globe.

Last Updated: 4/8/2024Network: Travel ChannelStatus: Ended
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Shaken and Stirred
star
5.00
3 votes

#1 - Shaken and Stirred

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/2016

World traveler and booze expert Jack Maxwell enjoys his travels as he does his drinks: shaken and stirred. This special highlights Jack's most bizarre and craziest adventures while discovering the world's best drinks.

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Hair of the Dog
star
5.00
3 votes

#2 - Hair of the Dog

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/2016

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Drinking Games
star
5.50
4 votes

#3 - Drinking Games

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/2016

Jack competes in his favorite booze-fueled contests from around the world. It's not all fun and games, as Jack challenges sumo wrestlers, Nepalese warriors & Tanzanian

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Iceland's Warm Fire
star
6.83
23 votes

#4 - Iceland's Warm Fire

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/22/2014

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.

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Italy: It's Personal
star
6.85
13 votes

#5 - Italy: It's Personal

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2018

Jack finds out rivalries run deep in Italy; he consults a bronze pig for good luck, picks walnuts with a local witch, lifts a curse with brandy, and finds a spot in the world's smallest bar.

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Florida's Free Spirits
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6.92
25 votes

#6 - Florida's Free Spirits

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/2/2017

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.

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Savannah
star
7.00
25 votes

#7 - Savannah

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/2015

Jack cools off in Savannah, GA, with some scurvy-preventing pirate grog, the infamous Chatham Artillery Punch and some Daufuskie Island moonshine.

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Arak-ing Trip Through Israel
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7.07
30 votes

#8 - Arak-ing Trip Through Israel

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/30/2017

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.

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Twain's Mighty Mississippi
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7.07
28 votes

#9 - Twain's Mighty Mississippi

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/23/2017

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.

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Spain: Mixed, Not Blended
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7.08
26 votes

#10 - Spain: Mixed, Not Blended

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/8/2014

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.

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Texas is Full of It
star
7.11
27 votes

#11 - Texas is Full of It

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2015

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

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Brazil
star
7.12
17 votes

#12 - Brazil

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/2016

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

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Finland: Sisu, Sauna & the Midnight Sun
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7.20
25 votes

#13 - Finland: Sisu, Sauna & the Midnight Sun

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2015

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

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Greece: The Morning After
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7.21
28 votes

#14 - Greece: The Morning After

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2015

Ouzo, a marathon plate-smashing bachelor party, sheep, and an ancient hangover cure...or not. Jack explores Greece as it leans on traditions to help find its way through an uncertain time.

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Drink in the Zen
star
7.23
22 votes

#15 - Drink in the Zen

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/6/2017

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.

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South Africa: Hidden Gems
star
7.24
21 votes

#16 - South Africa: Hidden Gems

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/23/2015

Jack begins his South African journey seeking a cure for a hangover. While there, he also indulges in wild fruit that could give an elephant a buzz, homemade honey hooch, Zulu tribal beer and wine made from palm trees.

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Nepal: A Higher State
star
7.28
18 votes

#17 - Nepal: A Higher State

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/5/2015

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.

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On the Rocks
star
7.29
21 votes

#18 - On the Rocks

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/26/2016

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.

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Peru Is Magic
star
7.29
63 votes

#19 - Peru Is Magic

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/1/2014

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.”

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Boozy Beginnings Of The Chesapeake Bay
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7.30
10 votes

#20 - Boozy Beginnings Of The Chesapeake Bay

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/2018

The Chesapeake Bay is the land of great beginnings and Jack Maxwell is tracing its origins one drink at a time. He makes crude colonial cocktails, races blue crabs, hunts and traps eels and muskrats then finds the origins of America's first whiskey -- because sometimes you have to go to the beginning to see how the Chesapeake's boozy story ends.

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Mongolian Road Trip
star
7.30
23 votes

#21 - Mongolian Road Trip

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/29/2014

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.

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Guatemala
star
7.33
21 votes

#22 - Guatemala

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/2015

Jack sips Mezcal, encounters an ancient drink called Boj and undergoes a cleansing ritual in Guatemala.

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The Force of Madagascar
star
7.33
24 votes

#23 - The Force of Madagascar

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/13/2017

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.

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Planes, Trains and a Chicken Bus
star
7.33
21 votes

#24 - Planes, Trains and a Chicken Bus

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/2017

Jack looks back on the crazy adventures he's had in pursuit of a drink. Dragon Boat racing for beers in Hong Kong, rompopo on a chicken bus in Guatemala, roadside hooch in Armenia and snowshoeing for mulled wine in the Andes.

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The Common Crown
star
7.33
12 votes

#25 - The Common Crown

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/22/2018

Jack meets the everyday men and women who've held up the crown. He travels back in time to the English Civil War; sings a shanty song in the Caribbean of the UK; goes toe-to-toe with a toe wrestler; and drinks with Robin Hood in the oldest pub.

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