drinking in americaUnless, of course, you're a rich, educated
atheist. A new Gallup poll on drinking habits in America is out
and while some things are obvious (Midwestern young men love
beer), other facts are more surprising. Like the one that says
the American drinking rate is the highest it's been since 1985.
What happened? Another stock market crash?  But the fun really
starts when they break down drinking by demographic.  The
biggest wine drinkers are women over 50. Biggest beer drinkers
(again, no brainer) are men under 50. Interestingly, the biggest
liquor drinkers are women between the ages of 18 and 49. What do
you think had the most influence there? Sex and the City's
Cosmos or all those new flavored vodkas?  Here's the chart from
Gallup that gets even further into the nitty gritty:  gallup
drinking poll  Do these patterns describe you? What's your booze
of choice?  Images via mccun934/Flickr and Gallup