Presidents Day

  • Presidential Cocktails

    ByJonas Halpren

    It’s Presidents Day. Not all of our Commanders in Chief have been drinkers, but many have.  George Washington and Thomas Jefferson even ran distilleries as part of their households. Distilling and brewing were quite common in those days.

    Here are cocktails our Commanders in Chief preferred.

    Gerald Ford: Gin and Tonic
    Herbert Hoover: Martini
    Richard Nixon: Rum & Coke
    Franklin D. Roosevelt: Scotch or Brandy
    Harry Truman: Bourbon
    Lyndon Johnson: Scotch and Soda
    Warren Harding: … Read more

  • George Washington Cocktail

    Most of us have the day off tomorrow to honor our first president’s birthday. He was a whiskey distiller as well as a president, so we know he liked a nice drink. We’re garnishing with a cocktail cherry as a nod to the cherry tree he supposedly chopped down and then couldn’t lie about.

    Here’s a cocktail to celebrate Presidents Day in style!… Read more

  • Drunkest Presidents

    ByThe Barkeep

    From Maxim comes this list of our 8 most liquor-soaked US Presidents. I am wondering how they narrowed down to only eight.

    The list:

    Martin Van Buren
    Franklin Pierce
    James Buchanan
    Chester A. Arthur
    Grover Cleveland
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    Richard Nixon
    George W. Bush

    How did they miss Harding and as commenter Jason reminds us US Grant !?!

    Americas Drunkest Presidents… Read more