Comments on: Women & craft beer, plus Mad Men

By: MC Slim JB

MC Slim JB — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:12:58 +0000

Oh, and how could I forget the exotic wonder that is Heineken in bottles?

By: ljclark

ljclark — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:20:46 +0000

Oh, right, the water cooler full of creme de menthe! They don’t throw office parties like that anymore.

God, they probably DO have a historical booze consultant. Gotta look into that.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:06:02 +0000

I wonder if the show has a historical booze consultant, and how one might enter that field professionally. . .

By: MC Slim JB

MC Slim JB — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:00:02 +0000

I love that show for a lot of reasons, but the drinking aspect is certainly fascinating, both in terms of its ubiquity in the business and social culture of the period and the drinks themselves.

In addition to the drinks cited in the Paper piece, I’ve spotted rye neat (an occasional Don Draper choice), whiskey highballs, Martinis, Manhattans, Stingers, Scotch on the rocks, bourbon neat, canned beer (pre-poptop, so opened with a church key), draft beer, Daiquiris, tiki drinks, Cuba Libres, and a water cooler full of creme de menthe. I’m sure I’m missing many more.

By: mattfish

mattfish — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:07:07 +0000

let’s not forget the “citrus cucumber”, which suprisingly contains not only “cucumber”, but also “citrus”.