All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. I've got 48 hours off from the world, man. I'm gonna blow steam out my head like a screaming kettle, I'm gonna talk cod shit to strangers all night, I'm gonna lose the plot on the dancefloor. The free radicals inside me are freakin', man! Tonight I'm Jip Travolta, I'm Peter Popper, I'm going to never-never land with my chosen family, man. We're gonna get more spaced out than Neil Armstrong ever did, anything could happen tonight, you know? This could be the best night of my life. I've got 73 quid in my back burner - I'm gonna wax the lot, man! The Milky Bars are on me! Yeah!

Everyone heard about AIDO MCGUINNESS? His last memory of Saturday night is drinking Tequila with me at the Railway inn in Sallins, his hometown. He came to his senses underwater in Oldtown Demense, crawled out of a stream STRIPPED OFF ALL HIS CLOTHES and proceeded to crawl through a nearby construction site in search of civilisation while carrying his clothes(?!), after spotting a light he dropped his clothes and stumbled, bleeding (and still very naked) to what turned out to be a house, he crawled over the wall, causing further injury and hammered on the door to have it answered by a middle-aged man, this is at three in the morning remember, he then mumbled "Call the police...date rape" to which the hapless homeowner replied "Too fuckin' right I'll call the police" then closed the door, leaving Aido shivering on his doorstep, the police, answering to a panicked phonecall about a rape victim on his front lawn, promptly showed up and, on questioning Aido, got nothing but "Please don't arrest me, just bring me to bed". They then put him in the car(there were three of them, so one had to sit next to him while he was naked, no blanket for Aido) told him to put on his seatbelt, which Aido commented "Didn't cover much" and also remarked, by way of explanation that it was "a bit chilly outside". They then brought Aido home to his long suffering sister, luckily his parents were out of town or they would have had to open the door to a shivering, naked, bleeding and hammered Aido flanked by three police officers. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a true story, spread the word. What a HERO.

In German, Jägermeister means "expert hunter" (combining Jäger, hunter, and Meister, master). The Jägermeister logo, the head of a stag with a glowing cross between the antlers, is a reference to the story of Saint Hubert. On the edge of the label of a Jägermeister bottle, the following poem by Otto von Riesenthal is printed:

Das ist des Jägers Ehrenschild,
daß er beschützt und hegt sein Wild,
weidmännisch jagt, wie sich's gehört,
den Schöpfer im Geschöpfe ehrt.

In English:

This is the hunter's badge of honour,
that he protect and nourish his game,
hunt sportingly, as is proper,
and honour the Creator in creation.

Or, slightly more loosely but preserving rhyme and meter:

This is the hunter's badge of glory:
That he protects and tends his quarry,
Hunts with honour, as is due,
And through the beast to God is true.


The company was founded in 1878 by Wilhelm Mast. In 1934, the recipe for the herbal liquor was developed, and the product was introduced to the German market in 1935. The original purpose of this concoction was medicinal; being used to cure everything from an incessant cough to digestive problems. In Germany, it is still widely recognized as a digestif and is kept in many German households for such purposes, sometimes being irreverently called Leberkleber, or "liver-glue."

Beginning in 1970, it was exported to 60 countries. In the United States, it became popular through savvy promotion by Sidney Frank and association with the wild partying of heavy metal bands like Metallica, Pantera and Slayer. Jägermeister is the tour sponsor of underground metal bands such as Hemlock, Orange Goblin, Dog Fashion Disco and 8mm Overdose, and it also sponsors the biannual Jägermeister Music Tour. The product is widely used as an alcoholic "shooter" and is served in many American bars today very cold.

Contrary to popular rumors, Jägermeister does not contain deer or elk blood.