# Your Alcoholic Beverage Choice and Famous People's if you know any **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355 "2012-01-23T01:47:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/21 "2012-01-23T22:11:14Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > As I was watching Amy Winehouse drinking while singing on TV today, I wondered (don’t know why) what she was drinking. Given that she’s been dead for some months now, I’d wager it was a Zombie. 😉 In not quite so silly a vein: I tend to prefer beer, though I don’t much care for mainstream American beer anymore. My preference is Guinness, followed by most Sam Adams varieties, Newcastle, and the like. In the past couple of years, I’ve developed what may be an unnatural fondness for Captain Morgan and Diet Coke. I like scotch and Irish whiskey, usually neat. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/22 "2012-01-23T22:40:30Z")
Came back to mention Campari, which is a great later summer day drink. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/23 "2012-01-24T00:19:52Z")
Casual drinker, 0-3 drinks per week. Drink of choice- Beer. Mississippi Mud Black & Tan If it has to be hard liquor: Stolichnaya vodka, straight. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/24 "2012-01-24T13:07:18Z")
Wine - like my women: cheap, sweet, and white. 😃 Mixers - usually a screwdriver, Captain & Coke, or something similarly sweet and un-manly. Cheap malty drinks like Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Smirnoff Ice, etc. Never beer (regretfully, I haven’t developed a taste for it), and never straight hard liquor. As for famous people: there’s that guy who doesn’t always drink beer, but when he does, he prefers Dos Equiis. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/25 "2012-01-24T14:06:40Z")
Merlot or sauvignon blanc for wine. Fond of Blue Moon with a jigger of orange juice in it if the restaurant or bar stocks it. Tastes better with poured OJ rather than a wedge of it. For the rare mixed drink, gin & tonic - in this case, \*extra \*wedges of lime. Once in a while as a treat, some 18 or 25-year Macallan, neat. Ice is the abomination. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/26 "2012-01-24T14:39:39Z")
Usually red wine or scotch. Occasionally good beers. Never crap light beers. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/27 "2012-01-24T16:03:58Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Churchill was an avid brandy drinker, nice choice imo. He did like his Champers too; enough for Pol Roger to name their [prestige cuvee](http://www.polroger.com/english/champagne/cuvee-sir-winston-churchill-champagne-4.php) after him. Evidently his son-in-law inherited the taste. When brokering a peace conference in Rhodesia, and asked how long the talks were likely to run, Lord Soames replied, “Thirty days.” When asked how he could know that, he said, “Because I have only thirty bottles of Pol Roger left.” [Recounted in _Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine_, Tom Stevenson, 1998] > [@silenus](#): > > Why would you ruin a perfectly good single-malt by serving it that way? Ice kills the flavor of good scotch. > > Bourbon with a splash or single-malt, neat. I used to be an all neat, all the time guy, but ordering a water back is useful. Or use bottled water, if they have it. With the little cocktail straw that usually comes with the water, you can add drops of water to the Scotch, which can dramatically change the taste and aroma. I agree with you on the ice, however. I have dealt with famous people, but they weren’t ordering drinks from me. The Macy Gray—Courvoisier story makes me laugh though. I love all of God’s Fermented Children. With the exception of light beer. I’d just rather not drink, than drink light beer or most BMC products. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/28 "2012-01-24T16:08:24Z")
I don’t drink wine, for the same reasons as the OP, really messes with GERD. For the late Christopher Hitchens (one of my favorite people!), it was Johnnie Walker Black Label. Amusing brief clip of him here: [Christopher Hitchens' Favorite Whiskey - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP51NnoVErA) I haven’t tried this one yet, anyone else? I’ve yet to find a whisky I like though, and I’ve tried a few, which kind of bums me out, seems like most of my friends drink it. In Westerns, every cowboy is ordering up whisky. James Bond is a vodka drinker (Smirnoff I believe), and vodka definitely works for me. I can never go wrong with Absolute Press, it’s like you’re tasting flavored water. I heard Grey Goose is also quite good, even straight out of the bottle, but haven’t tried it yet. I pretty much just drink beer though: Bud Light. Coors is a bit too sweet for me. After a few beers, it really doesn’t matter much to me what it is. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/29 "2012-01-24T16:35:46Z")
I’m lucky enough to live within walking distance of one of the best [beer](http://www.maproom.com/index.html) bars in Chicago and one of the best [cocktail](http://theviolethour.com/) bars in the country. When drinking beer, Bosteels [Tripel Karmeliet](http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/202/656) is always a solid choice for me. The head bartender/owner of the Violet Hour posted some of their recipes on a bartending forum. The Blue Ridge Manhattan is delicious: [QUOTE=Toby Maloney] Blue Ridge Manhattan 2 oz Rittenhouse Rye ¾ oz Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth ½ oz Noilly Pratt Dry Vermouth 2 dash Peychaud’s Bitters Rinse 1 dash Peach Bitters Laphroig Glass: Coupe Garnish: Lemon Pigtail Twist Rinse Coupe with Laphroig and Peach Bitters. Shake. Strain. Serve Up. This drink should taste like a pulled pork sandwich but made with booze. These are the exact spects that I gave the bartenders. A “Pig Tail” twist is a twist made with a chanel knife and wrapped tightly. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/30 "2012-01-25T00:07:53Z")
Vodka seltzer, or straight vodka out of a water bottle if portability is required. No particular brand, strictly looking for an efficient alcohol delivery system (I know, real classy!). :smack: I just read one of Neil Peart’s books, and he enjoys The Macallan scotch after a hard day of drumming or long distance motorcycle riding. I don’t think he drinks it out of a water bottle, but he does mention carrying a flask in his saddle bag, for consumption only after stopping for the day. I think he has it with a little water if I’m remembering right. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/31 "2012-01-25T05:27:55Z")
> [@Trom](#): > > I’m lucky enough to live within walking distance of one of the best [beer](http://www.maproom.com/index.html) bars in Chicago and one of the best [cocktail](http://theviolethour.com/) bars in the country. Darn, the neighborhood changed so much since I used to live there… I used to walk to Rainbo club. . ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/32 "2012-01-25T05:53:20Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > Darn, the neighborhood changed so much since I used to live there… > > I used to walk to Rainbo club. > > . Rainbo Club is an odd place now. Stuck somewhere between hipsterdom and an outpost for adventurous Lincoln Park residents. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/33 "2012-01-25T05:57:24Z")
> [@Trom](#): > > Rainbo Club is an odd place now. Stuck somewhere between hipsterdom and an outpost for adventurous Lincoln Parkites. It used to an odd place back then… mostly artists and art students but I haven’t been there in ages. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/34 "2012-01-25T06:38:21Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > It used to an odd place back then… mostly artists and art students but I haven’t been there in ages. Yeah, that scene has moved south to Pilsen and west towards Logan Square. Wicker Park and Bucktown are still pretty hip, but you see plenty of baby strollers, too. ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/35 "2012-01-25T16:15:58Z")
Heavier ales, porters and stouts in the winter. Brown ales and lagers in the summer. I trained to become a sommelier when I was in culinary school so wine will always be a part of my bar. I can appreciate all styles, and I’m lucky enough to have been introduced to the futures market, so I have a fairly decent cellar. I could probably finance my kids education if I sold my 85 California Cabs. I like scotch and bourbon, but dont drink it often. I get a tad loose lipped when I partake. Talisker is my goto scotch. My wife and I are going to Japan in Feb, so I’m looking forward to an education in Sake. I’m going to miss my American craft ales while I’m there though. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/36 "2012-01-25T16:43:41Z")
At home, it’s usually Miller Lite. Yeah, I like the good stuff. Out, depending on the place, it’s almost any beer on tap, Canadian Club on the rocks, or, on a hot summer night, a mojito (unless the bartender is really busy, then a vodka tonic). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/37 "2012-01-25T17:34:58Z")
Bombay Sapphire and tonic with a splash of sour mix. Or Belgian wheat beers. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/38 "2012-01-25T20:27:57Z")
Happy hour: Guinness/Hudy/Yuengling and a rye or bourbon, neat. Home nightcap: Rye or bourbon on the rocks. With a meal: Cab or Sauv blanc, or a suitably matched beer. Digestif: Rye or bourbon on the rocks, or an oude genever, chilled and neat. Summer afternoons: Hendricks, splash of soda, lemon. I used to be really heavy in to craft beers, but I’m not so much any more, unless they’re well paired with food. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/39 "2012-01-25T20:35:20Z")
Not gonna lie: had to look that up. Sounds interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355/40 "2012-01-25T22:47:21Z")
I forgot about the celebrity part of the question. I know a lot of pro athletes and quite a few musicians and actors, because of my job. My most interesting experience though, was sitting in a bar in Aspen evesdropping on Jack Nicolson and Hunter Thompson pounding Heinekens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355.md?page=3)