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From showing up hammered at inauguration…to installing a secret Diet Coke button in the Oval Office…to pregaming Cabinet meetings with Orange Gatorade....
this is every US President’s Favorite Drink!
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00:00From showing up hammered at inauguration, to installing a secret Diet Coke button in the Oval Office, to pre-gaming
00:08cabinet meetings with Orange Gatorade, this is every U.S. president's favorite drink.
00:14And some of these are so intoxicating, you'll be wondering if anyone in D.C. was ever actually sober.
00:20Like George Washington, whose favorite drink was Madeira wine, a sweet wine from the Portuguese island of Madeira.
00:28And he loved it so much, he didn't just sip it, he shipped it in by the barrel. Seriously.
00:34Cause when the British slapped a fat tax on it, Washington didn't quit drinking, he just smuggled it instead.
00:41But while Washington downed wine, John Adams started every morning with a glass of hard cider.
00:48And by hard, I mean alcoholic.
00:50He swore it kept him healthy, happy, and ready to pick a fight with Congress before lunch.
00:56But Adams actually had some drinking principles.
01:00Cause during the revolution, he gave up tea entirely.
01:04After the Boston Tea Party, tea was basically treason in a cup.
01:08So, he and Abigail made the patriotic switch to coffee instead.
01:13Meanwhile, Thomas Jefferson's favorite drink was wine.
01:16Except he didn't just drink it.
01:19He studied it like a scientist.
01:21Cause while other Americans were guzzling rum and Madeira, Jefferson was in France falling in love with fine European vintages.
01:29Bordeaux, Burgundy, Chianti.
01:32The kind of stuff that made colonial booze taste like cough syrup.
01:36And he was so intrigued, he kept obsessive notes on every bottle.
01:40Like flavor, color, and acidity.
01:43The man was basically America's first sommelier.
01:46But while Jefferson sipped fine wine, James Madison tried to avoid alcohol altogether.
01:53Cause at 5'4", 100 pounds, one drink would have Madison kneeled over with a hangover the next morning.
02:00So, he stuck to coffee and tea instead.
02:03Here's the bucket, sir.
02:05But this next president's palate was just like Thomas Jefferson's.
02:09Cause during his time as US Minister to France, James Monroe picked up a taste for Bordeaux and champagne.
02:16So, after he became president, he turned the White House into a full-blown import operation, shipping in over a
02:23thousand bottles.
02:24Let's keep this one for us, boys.
02:27But if there was a PhD in drinking Madeira wine, John Quincy Adams would have graduated summa cum laude.
02:34Cause in one legendary blind taste test, he correctly identified 11 out of 14 different Madeiras.
02:42Eleven!
02:43Sir, I think you have a superpower.
02:45Kinda like Andrew Jackson, who didn't just drink whiskey, he practically was whiskey.
02:51Strong, fiery, and ready to start a fight.
02:55Cause during his 1829 inauguration, thousands of supporters stormed the White House for a celebration fueled by whiskey punch.
03:03And things got so crazy, people tore down curtains, smashed china, and trampled their muddy boots on the carpet.
03:11By the way, this was way before the Secret Service was around, so don't be looking at me.
03:15But you know who else loved whiskey?
03:18Martin Van Buren.
03:19Cause the man was such a legend with a bottle, people called him Blue Whiskey Van.
03:24A dude with an iron liver who could down glass after glass and still outwit anyone in the room.
03:30But perhaps Van Buren had a little too much liquid courage.
03:35Cause in the 1840 campaign, he ran against William Henry Harrison and mocked him as an out of touch general
03:42who'd be happy living in a log cabin with a barrel of hard cider.
03:46Which sounds awesome, but was supposed to be an insult I guess.
03:49But Harrison's team turned around and said, perfect, let's run with it.
03:54And launched the log cabin and hard cider campaign.
03:57Where Harrison not only enjoyed his favorite drink with the common man, but literally got elected president because of it.
04:05Cheers!
04:05But after William Henry Harrison died just 31 days into office, John Tyler stepped up with a sparkle of French
04:13champagne.
04:14In fact, he'd often host parties at the White House filled with music, dancing, and endless champagne.
04:22Chug, chug, chug!
04:23But the parties came to a screeching halt when James Polk became president.
04:28Cause the man was all business.
04:31He and his wife Sarah banned hard liquor from the White House entirely.
04:35And guests even nicknamed the first lady Sahara Sarah because her receptions were drier than the desert.
04:42But Polk didn't care.
04:44He preferred to start his mornings with coffee.
04:46One cup for every new state he added to the union.
04:50But of all the presidential drinking stories, Zachary Taylor's might be the most ironic.
04:55Cause Taylor's favorite drink was cold milk on the rocks.
04:59Way healthier than alcohol, right?
05:02Well, not so fast.
05:04Cause this innocent beverage may have led to his demise.
05:08On a blistering 4th of July celebration in 1850, Taylor needed to cool off.
05:14So he ran inside and enjoyed a big bowl of iced milk with fresh cherries.
05:18But little did he know, bad move.
05:22Cause the cherries were washed in contaminated DC water.
05:26Causing Taylor to fall violently ill.
05:29And just five days later, he was gone.
05:32A man who survived the battlefield only to lose the final fight to cherries and milk.
05:37Meanwhile, Millard Fillmore kept things simpler with water and a cup of tea.
05:42Yeah, that's pretty much it.
05:44But I wish I could say the same for this next president.
05:47Cause Franklin Pierce's favorite drink was everything.
05:51Whiskey, rum, wine.
05:53If it came in a bottle, he was drinking it.
05:56But not in the ha-ha party president kinda way.
05:59In the real alcoholic type of way.
06:02Cause Pierce sadly leaned on alcohol after the tragic loss of his young son.
06:07And after his wife Jane died, he fell into an even darker depression.
06:12Once telling a friend, what can an ex-president do but get drunk?
06:17Sir, we can play checkers.
06:19Chess?
06:19You like Scrabble?
06:21But sadly, it didn't work.
06:23Cause Pierce died from a liver disease caused by alcoholism.
06:27A lesson I hope this next president learned from.
06:30Cause just like George Washington, James Buchanan loved Madeira wine.
06:35So much so that when he was a student assigned a navigation project,
06:40he chose to sail to the island of Madeira.
06:43And decades later, his mansion in Pennsylvania had a sprawling wine cellar packed with the stuff.
06:48Okay, okay, why is every president obsessed with this stuff?
06:54Yeah, I get it now.
06:56On the other hand, Abraham Lincoln wasn't exactly a big drinker.
07:01In fact, he was about as close to sober as a 19th century politician could get.
07:06At dinners when everyone raised a glass of wine, honest Abe preferred water, coffee, or even milk.
07:13But Andrew Johnson's favorite drink was whiskey.
07:16And boy, did everyone know it.
07:19Cause during Inauguration Day 1865, he was sworn in as vice president under Lincoln.
07:25And while nursing a hangover, he decided the cure was more whiskey.
07:30And three tumblers later, he stumbled on stage to give a short speech.
07:35Except it wasn't short and it wasn't coherent.
07:38Cause Johnson slurred, rambled, and publicly humiliated himself in front of Congress, the Supreme Court, and poor Abraham Lincoln.
07:50America, great, good stuff, yes.
07:54I'll be taking that from you now, sir.
07:56So while Lincoln toasted with water, this guy was literally tripping over the podium.
08:02Meanwhile, Ulysses S. Grant's favorite drink was whiskey, especially Old Crow.
08:08And it might have turned him into a war hero.
08:11Cause after winning battles in the Civil War, President Lincoln said,
08:15Find out what whiskey he drinks and send a barrel to my other generals.
08:19Which is a pretty funny way of saying whatever he's drinking is working.
08:23But when Rutherford B. Hayes became president, the White House went completely dry.
08:28No whiskey.
08:29No wine.
08:30Not even a secret flask tucked behind the drapes.
08:33Instead, guests were greeted with lemonade, thanks to the First Lady, a devout temperance advocate who earned the nickname Lemonade
08:41Lucy.
08:42So while Hayes enjoyed the occasional beer when he was younger, out of love and probably survival instinct, he joined
08:49her with a cup of lemonade.
08:51But speaking of beer, that was James Garfield's favorite drink.
08:55Cause when he became president, he quietly lifted the ban on booze and ensured beer was back on tap at
09:01White House gatherings.
09:02Woohoo!
09:04But Chester ate Arthur's favorite drink?
09:07It's hard to say.
09:08Cause he loved all the fancy ones.
09:11Everything from fine wines, to rich liqueurs, to whiskey highballs.
09:16The man's bar cart was as refined as his wardrobe.
09:19Cause hey, they didn't call him Elegant Arthur for nothing.
09:23But while Arthur sipped with class, the next president could have ran the country from a bar stool.
09:28Cause Grover Cleveland's favorite drink was beer.
09:31And plenty of it.
09:33He loved crowded saloons, clinking glasses, and conversations louder than campaign rallies.
09:40In fact, Cleveland's beer habit got so legendary that he and a friend once made a pact to limit themselves
09:46to four beers a day.
09:48But it didn't last long.
09:50Cause when they realized how easily four glasses disappeared, they revised the rule to four tankards a day.
09:57Problem solved!
09:58But on the flip side, Benjamin Harrison's favorite drink was tea, served hot and proper.
10:04In an era where drinking alcohol was basically a political requirement, Harrison stood out as a man perfectly content sipping
10:12black tea.
10:13Ah, thank you, sir.
10:15I'm still recovering from that hangover.
10:17But funny enough, William McKinley was a mix between our last two presidents.
10:22Not known for wild parties, but occasionally enjoyed a drink with style.
10:26In fact, during his 1896 campaign, bartenders created McKinley's Delight, a knockout blend of rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, cherry brandy,
10:36and a splash of absinthe.
10:38Basically the kind of drink that could make you annex a few islands before dessert.
10:42But unlike McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt didn't sit back and wait for bartenders to mix his drink.
10:49He'd just do it himself.
10:51Cause his favorite drink was mint julep.
10:54And he grew fresh mint in the White House garden, crushed it with sugar, and mixed it with Kentucky bourbon
11:00strong enough to make me flinch.
11:02Gah!
11:03Um, it tastes great, sir.
11:05Meanwhile, William Taft loved ginger ale.
11:09So much so that during a visit to Savannah in 1909, he downed four bottles at lunch.
11:15Sir, that's a lot of carbonation.
11:17But at least Taft wasn't breaking the rules.
11:20Cause the irony of Woodrow Wilson's presidency is that he led the nation straight into Prohibition, while quietly enjoying his
11:27own scotch whiskey on the side.
11:30Naughty!
11:30Excuse me sir, there's an angry mob outside who could use a drink too.
11:35And after leaving office, Wilson literally needed special congressional approval to move his personal liquor stash to his new home,
11:43since transporting booze was illegal.
11:45So while the country dried out, Wilson quietly kept his glass half full.
11:50Kinda like Warren G. Harding, who became president in the middle of the Prohibition.
11:55But Harding wasn't exactly known as a rule follower.
11:58Cause his favorite drink was whiskey.
12:01And he kept a bottle tucked in his golf bag, poured bootleg liquor for his friends, and hosted weekly poker
12:08nights in the White House where the whiskey flowed free.
12:10His whiskey often came from confiscated stock seized during Prohibition raids, which technically meant the president was drinking evidence.
12:19But hey, that's just the kind of guy Harding was.
12:22Unlike Silent Cow, who didn't just talk less than other presidents, he drank a lot less too.
12:28Cause publicly, he kept the White House bone dry.
12:31But on occasion, he privately sipped some tokay wine.
12:35Sweet, subtle, and perfectly understated.
12:38Just like the man himself.
12:40Kinda like Herbert Hoover, who also kept the White House bone dry during Prohibition.
12:45But once he left office, Hoover made up for lost time with his signature ritual.
12:50Two martinis every evening.
12:52And extremely dry too.
12:54Mostly gin with just a whisper of vermouth.
12:57Did I get that right, sir?
12:59But this next president didn't want me sticking my beak behind the bar.
13:03Cause Franklin Roosevelt's favorite drink was a dirty martini.
13:07And he preferred to mix it himself.
13:10In fact, at the 1943 Tehran conference, FDR actually played bartender and personally mixed martinis for Winston Churchill and Joseph
13:19Stalin.
13:20Churchill loved it, of course.
13:22But Stalin took a sip and said,
13:24Well, alright, but it is cold on the stomach.
13:26Sir, I think that's Russian for…
13:28What the heck did you just serve me?
13:30But while FDR served our allies, Harry Truman poured himself a morning bourbon.
13:36Cause Truman started his day with what he called an eye-opener.
13:40A shot of bourbon mixed into his orange juice.
13:43Oof, that's strong.
13:45Let's just hope the bourbon wore off before he made any world-altering decisions.
13:50No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
13:55Sheesh!
13:55Does anyone have something to take the edge off?
13:58Thankfully, Dwight Eisenhower liked to relax with Scotch whiskey on the rocks.
14:02And there was nothing flashy about it.
14:04Just a little ice and a lot of reflection.
14:07Ah, that's more like it.
14:09But while Ike sips Scotch, John F. Kennedy appreciated a good Bloody Mary.
14:15Cause when you're having seaside brunch at Hyannis Port every weekend, what could be better?
14:20Sir, this is the life.
14:22And when JFK wasn't in the mood for a cocktail, he'd reach for a Heineken,
14:26the first major European beer to really break into America.
14:30Of course, Kennedy was the kind of guy to be ahead of the curve.
14:33But unlike JFK, Lyndon B. Johnson didn't care about what's trendy.
14:38Cause his favorite drink was a simple Scotch and Soda highball.
14:42And he drank it Texas-style.
14:44Big glass, lots of ice, and plenty of refills.
14:48LBJ famously cruised around his ranch with a tumbler in hand,
14:52often refilled by Secret Service.
14:55Here you go, sir!
14:57Whoa!
14:57But of all the precedents, Richard Nixon might take the prize for most fancy.
15:02Cause he had a deep love for fine French red wines.
15:06The only problem?
15:07He didn't like sharing.
15:09At White House dinners, guests were served affordable California reds.
15:14While Nixon's glass came from a secret bottle of top-shelf Bordeaux.
15:18Meanwhile, Gerald Ford's favorite drink was a double martini.
15:22Double strength!
15:24And hey, if I was dealing with the fallout of Watergate,
15:27I'd probably order mine by the pitcher.
15:29On the other hand, Jimmy Carter was the total opposite.
15:33Cause he ran one of the driest White Houses since the Prohibition.
15:37But for him, it wasn't political.
15:39It was preference.
15:40Coming from a family that struggled with alcoholism,
15:43he mostly avoided drinking altogether.
15:45And instead opted for water, iced tea, or milk.
15:49And thank goodness he did.
15:51Cause I needed to sober up.
15:52Until I tried Ronald Reagan's favorite drink.
15:55Which was California wine poured with a Hollywood smile.
15:59Cause after decades in Hollywood, Reagan became a full-on ambassador for Napa and Sonoma.
16:05Cheers to the California dream.
16:08California girls were unforgettable.
16:11Daisy do the-
16:12Ahem, sorry sir.
16:14This is a lot stronger than I thought.
16:15But at least George H.W. Bush's favorite drink was a bit easier to handle.
16:20Cause he enjoyed a vodka martini.
16:23Quiet, clean, and perfectly composed.
16:25Just like himself.
16:27And outside of that, he enjoyed a cold beer at a baseball game.
16:30But speaking of beer, Bill Clinton's favorite drink was the Snake Bite.
16:35A 50-50 mix of lager beer and hard cider.
16:38He picked it up during his Oxford days and never quite let it go.
16:42But besides alcohol, Clinton mostly stuck to Diet Coke, iced tea, and smooth talking.
16:48Something George W. Bush eventually got around to after a couple detours.
16:53Cause in his younger days, Bush was a loyal follower of what he called the Four B's.
16:58Beer, bourbon, B&B, and black velvet whiskey.
17:03Let's just say his reputation leaned more toward cowboy than connoisseur.
17:07But at age 40, Bush cleaned up his act and quit drinking altogether.
17:12So by the time he became president, he swapped cocktails for Coke Zero and non-alcoholic beer.
17:19But this next president preferred the real thing.
17:22Cause Barack Obama's favorite drink was beer.
17:24From Dublin pubs on St. Paddy's Day to backyard cookouts in D.C.
17:30Obama was the rare world leader who looked completely natural with a pint in hand.
17:35But he didn't just drink beer.
17:37He brewed it.
17:38Cause under his direction, the White House kitchen created the first ever presidential homebrew.
17:44The White House Honey Ale.
17:45Made with honey straight from Michelle's South Lawn beehives.
17:50Sir, something keeps getting into the beehives.
17:52Get back here!
17:53But next up is one of the few presidents who never touched alcohol his entire life.
17:59And that's Donald Trump.
18:00Whose favorite drink is Diet Coke.
18:03And lots of it.
18:04Cause Trump reportedly downs as many as 12 cans a day.
18:08Often delivered at the push of a Diet Coke button on the Oval Office desk.
18:13But it gets better.
18:15Cause Trump liked to prank visitors by telling them it was a nuclear button.
18:19Who'd quickly tense up when he pressed it.
18:21Only to see a fizzy drink arrive moments later.
18:24Great joke sir.
18:26Let's just not get it mixed up with the other red button.
18:29Okay?
18:29But speaking of non-alcoholic presidents.
18:32Joe Biden never touched the stuff either.
18:34Cause he preferred orange Gatorade.
18:37Not coffee.
18:38Not Diet Coke.
18:39Just that bright fluorescent fuel of champions.
18:42And his aides stocked it everywhere to keep him hydrated, energized, and full of electrolytes.
18:48I'm more of a light blue kinda guy.
18:50Gah!
18:51It's freezing!
18:52But while I dry off from this Gatorade shower.
18:55I need you to check out every US president's religion.
18:59From rewriting the bible with a pair of scissors.
19:01To forgiving his assassin with his dying breath.
19:04To wondering if the civil war was punishment from God.
19:08These religions were so inspiring.
19:10I sang my own rendition of Hallelujah.
19:13Hallelujah.
19:15Hallelujah.
19:16Sorry sir.
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