Churchill Drank What? Champagne, myths and the Making of a Wartime Legend

Churchill Drank What? Champagne, myths and the Making of a Wartime Legend

Winston Churchill is remembered as the man who drank the British through the Second World War. But how much of that is legend, how much is exaggeration, and how much is actually true? In this episode of Intoxicating History, we take a long, considered sip of Churchill’s drinking life. From his famously weak “mouthwash” whisky sodas to champagne by the pint, brandy at bedtime, and alcohol prescribed on doctor’s orders during Prohibition America. We explore how drink shaped his working rhythm, his diplomacy, his image and perhaps even his genius. Along the way, there are Soviet banquets with Stalin, loathed cocktails courtesy of FDR, champagne diplomacy at Yalta, and the curious truth about whether Churchill was ever actually drunk at all.


Was alcohol his weakness or his secret weapon? Smart, surprising and very funny, this episode cuts through the myths to reveal the man behind the glass.

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