Readers’ Corner: Whiskey and the Dylan Thomas Centenary

Dylan Thomas drank here: The White Horse Tavern, circa 1961 (Library of Congress)

The thunderously great poet Dylan Thomas would have turned 100 years old yesterday. So of course the date was used as an excuse to announce that Rhys Ifans would be playing the writer of “Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light” in an upcoming film.

Whether Thomaswas done in by poor medical attention or the demon drink back in 195...