Old Crow - Famous Drinkers of Old Crow

Famous Drinkers of Old Crow

Besides Blackburn, many American politicians have declared their love for Old Crow. It has been said that it was the drink of choice for American general and later 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant. An apocryphal story about Grant's drinking has the general's critics going to President Abraham Lincoln, charging the military man with being a drunk. Lincoln is supposed to have replied, "By the way, gentlemen, can either of you tell me where General Grant procures his whiskey ? Because, if I can find out, I will send every general in the field a barrel of it!"

Another famous politician who preferred Old Crow was Henry Clay, of Kentucky. Common apocrypha of the Senate holds that he would sit through Senate sessions, boots upon his desk, whittling and sipping from a jug of Old Crow within easy reach.

World War II "triple ace" Bud Anderson named his P-51 Mustang Old Crow, after the whiskey.