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A Drinking StoryAuthor: Melissa Huston & Sam Huston
Alcohol has been at the center of history since the beginning. A Drinking Story reexamines the world's most pivotal moments through the lens of what was being poured because the drink always tells the real story. This isn't Drunk History. This is something different. These are the moments in time that were directly shaped by imbibing when beer, wine, or liquor affected the historical outcome. Language: en Genres: History, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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When drinking shaped the Battle of New Orleans
Episode 4
Monday, 8 June, 2026
The Battle of New Orleans was planned in a bar between a pirate and a general, and over drinks, an unlikely alliance was formed. The British outnumbered the Americans, but they weren't prepared for the combined forces of militia, smugglers, pirates, frontiersmen, free men of color, and Choctaw warriors. Spoiler alert: General Pakenham went home in a barrel of rum, and the Americans went home legends. Melissa and Sam trace the full story: Jean Laffite's smuggling empire, the myth of the blacksmith shop bar, the whiskey-for-a-sniper deal, and the coffee houses of the French Quarter that were really bars all along. Plus - what New Orleans was actually drinking in 1815, and why it matters. A Drinking Story - when history was drunk, and what they were drinking when they were.
