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US poll: Pounding brews trumps sipping wine, pouring shots
Toby King prefers whiskey for his men and beer for his horses, but a new Gallup study shows that beer in fact remains the most consumed form of alcohol, followed by wine and liquor.
The new study on consumption habits shows that about 44 percent of Americans are regular drinkers with 12 percent of drinkers reporting they’ve consumed more than eight drinks in the last week.
This mirrors the results of a similar study done by the Center for Disease Control earlier this year that reported about 17 percent of the U.S. population binge drinks at least four times a month, with the average number of drinks at each sitting being eight.
“People tend to underreport how much they drink,” New York psychiatrist Dr. Selman said earlier this year. “If they had six drinks, you have to figure they really had ten or 12.”
John Cooper
August 18th, 2012
B-e-e-e-e-e-e-r-r-r-r-r! (insert photo of Homer Simpson drooling here)
ruble
August 18th, 2012
Dogfish Head. An awsome brew.
Stranded in Sonoma
August 18th, 2012
Come on you slackers! I’m doing my part! Don’t let us get overtaken by…wine?
willy blues
August 18th, 2012
Toby keith, whiskey for my men beer for my horses
Unneutral
August 18th, 2012
I’ll drink to that!
Maudie N Mandeville
August 18th, 2012
Beer should only be consumed immoderately after your daily work out at the gym.
sTevo
August 18th, 2012
I blog about brewing beer using wifey’s pots and pans. Nothing sophisticated.
Stirrin the B.S.
August 18th, 2012
Thank you for making that correction willy blues. It’s Toby Keith, not Toby King, but you neglected to give Willie Nelson credit as well. Whats up with that?
Stirrin the B.S.
August 18th, 2012
@John Cooper – I have this bottle opener, and it’s a hoot. Open a bottle and its says, mmmmmmmmm, beeerr, yes! Aaahhhaa haaa hhaaaa haaa!
http://organicbeerblog.com/files/2011/01/Homer.jpg
Moxie Man
August 18th, 2012
Tom T. Hall – “I Like Beer, makes me a jolly good fellow….”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i5k4I1AOEI
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Trogloraptor
August 18th, 2012
I could retire on all the money I have spent on beer in my life. I don’t have a drinking problem, I could easily put away a whole case in one sitting.
grayscape
August 18th, 2012
Beer is life.
norman einstein
August 18th, 2012
@Stirrin, I’ve got one of those, too. It’s pretty funny.
My sons and I all got one for Christmas years ago, and it’s still going strong.
Cheers!
Corona
August 18th, 2012
Beer, a patriots’ drink of choice.
Hannah
August 19th, 2012
did anyone eolse notice htey called Toby keith Toby King?
Boobie the Rocket Dog
August 19th, 2012
Hannah babe- We all did. We figgered she didn’t like him or sumthin’ ’cause he’s a DemocRAT.
A little Johnny Paycheck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0mhgre8Bpw
or a little Ben Colder: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fifteen+beers+ago&oq=Fifteen+beers+ago&gs_l=youtube.1.0.0.661.4924.0.7122.17.9.0.8.8.0.171.1247.0j9.9.0…0.0…1ac.AdVEQTAunyY
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FreeMan - Sorry Sarah
August 19th, 2012
It is the average price per oz. Gallup.
Beer costs less – Pay up Gallup.
I am charging you $1,000,000 for that study.
FreeMan - Sorry Sarah
August 19th, 2012
I’d rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy. “Tom Waits” for no one.
Dano
August 19th, 2012
Fuck YEAH!!