Booze Traveler

Booze Traveler is a great show if you like booze and travel. Jack does a great job and has a great energy. He has an enthusiasm that is infectious. To the reviewer that said he is fake, Jack was diagnosed with cancer of the blood. He was going through chemo during the filming of his last season. I'm pretty sure he wasn't allowed to drink, hence the drinks made without alcohol.

Booze Traveler is hosted by the immensely positive and likable Jack Maxwell as travels around the world to try out new drinks and have fun. Despite the name, the show not only explores alcoholic drinks but also the culture of the region or country. I've only watched three episodes as of now. The production quality is superb and even the strictest of teetotalers will like the show. Suffice to say it is a must watch.

PS: Favorite moments- where Jack drinks a concoction made from sweet potatoes which are fermented by chewing and spitting them out.

• where he drinks the Turkish national drink Raki.

• where Jack drinks the Queimada after the Celtic fire ritual.

The show seems to fall short. The viewer is never shown the darker side of going on a bender in a foreign country. Sure we're introduced to all kinds of exotic drinks and interesting places, but something is missing. You never see Jack Maxwell stiff as a board drunk.

Maybe what the show needs is a nice trip to a Mexican border town. He should visit the soft underbelly of the seedy side of some cuidad where he gets so sloppy that he can't tell whether or not the fat hookers he's buying rounds for are men or women. Maybe follow that up with a fight with the locals, a tune up by a pair of local Policia, and a weekend in a Mexican jail. Now that would have the makings for an entertaining travel TV show.

Jack Maxwell does an outstanding job of bringing something we enjoy into the world of politically correct and taboo. He travels the world in a quest to see what bonds people together.. alcohol. Culture , tradition and family. This is a fun interesting show that makes me want a cocktail every night... Enjoy...

I'm giving this show a solid 8 out of 10. Overall, it's a nice travel show and you actually get to learn a lot about different places and cultures - and especially how booze is intertwined in those cultures! Just from a travel standpoint - even if you're not an alcoholic, it's a good show.

I like the host but he's probably the reason I didn't give the show a full 10 out of 10. He's a bit too over-the-top "American! Ya!". Like when he's at a table with people in Peru who barely speak English and he's throwing around all this American slang like they're supposed to understand it. Don't know why but that just frustrated me. He could also be a bit more expressive of his gratitude when some of these people go through all their efforts to make him a intricate cocktail or whatever.. (thinking of the Japan episode where this guy makes him this extravagant cocktail in a diamond-shaped glass that he carved first out of purified ice and all he says is "now that's a cocktail"). He's also just looking to get wasted all the time. Again a bit unappreciative to the people he's visiting when he just wants to 'down' their labored or aged alcohol they've opened specially for him.

My complaints a bit petty, but overall I really like the show and will continue to watch!