Top Beverages to Consume

Once you get into the event/stadium there is always the same selection of alcohol, and it is probably nothing outrageous or spectacular. You almost know it is either going to be Miller or Bud products (more than likely) with the occasional “other” vender who might sell you Old Style, what a treat. I am more interested in what you as the fan likes to drink before the game. If I had my choice I would probably drink Blue Moons or Fat Tires all day, especially if they had it on tap. Just think if you have the same availability like you would at a bar. In one instance you do. If you make it up early enough to do some tailgating then you can bring all the alcohol you could want and need.

This also brings me back to those Chicago Bears playoff games when I was tailgating with my stepdad and some of his friends. There was one certain lot on the west side of Lakeshore Drive and just south of McCormick Place where we went both weekends. If you looked hard enough, which you did not have to at all, you could find this guy passing out shots of whatever you could think of for free. Actually, I believe he takes dollar donations for a charity, so it is not necessarily free unless you do not want to help out the needy. Anyway on the hour of every hour before the game they had a power hour shot where anyone in the area could come take a shot together, as a “team” to pump everyone up for the game. Come to find out this guy shows up for every home game on Sunday’s not just the playoffs.

That got me thinking what are your favorite beverages to drink before, during, and after the game? Leave a post of your favorites to share for the rest of us. This will all give us a bunch of different options of how we would like to get inebriated for the day. Here is a short list of my personal favorites:

1. Beer (Blue Moons or Fat Tires…I enjoy a good wheat and/or ale)
2. Rum and Coke
3. Long Island Ice Tea (Cannot drink too many of these)
4. White Russian
5. Hot Apple Cider and spiced rum (especially for the fall)

Again…leave a comment to compare and contrast everyone’s favorite drinks. You may find something you like, or something that will make you sick!