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Choosing an alcoholic beverage of choice might seem like a daunting task, but liquor store employees said they are always there to lend a helping hand.
John Franzmann, manager of Brown’s Bottle Shop, 128 N. Main St., said the most popular imported beers sold at the store are Corona, Tecate and Dos Equis while the popular domestic beers are Pabst Blue Ribbon and Shiner.
Overall, Pabst Blue Ribbon is the most popular beer sold, Franzmann said.
“Some of these home ball games where people are tailgating, we’ve probably gone through 50 and 60 30 packs in one weekend,” he said.
Crown Royal is probably still the top-selling hard spirit, Franzmann said.
Many college students also buy wine, ranging from inexpensive to high-dollar bottles, he said.
“A lot of people nowadays that come to college, their parents have been drinking wine at home,” Franzmann said. “So, they’re familiar with merlots and chardonnays and things like that, and they continue it here — a lot of them are buying pretty decent stuff.”
Joe Brenda at JR’s Liquor & Wine, 1225 N. Perkins Road said another popular domestic beer is Choc, which is brewed in Krebs at Pete’s Place restaurant.
Some prices don’t reflect the quality of certain liquors. New Amsterdam gin, for example, is a great gin at a great price, Brenda said.
Another example is a Polish vodka called Sobieski, he said.
“In fact, we’ve had a lot of our Grey Goose buyers switch to [Sobieski], because it’s close to it and half price, or less,” Brenda said.
The liquor JR’s Liquor and Wine sells the most of is vodka, he said.
Either Samuel Adams or Pabst Blue Ribbon would be the most-sold beer, he said.
Mike Blevins, an economics senior, said he used to buy the basic, cheaper alcohol but now has expanded up his horizons.
Blevins especially enjoys red wines, dark beers and bourbon.
Blevins’ favorite dark beer is Samuel Smith’s Taddy Porter, while one of his favorite whiskeys is Bulleit Bourbon.
“I just drink whatever’s new,” he said. “I’m always down to try new stuff.”
Josh Gilchrist, a construction management technology junior, said he is primarily a “beer guy” when it comes to drinking.
“Beer, for the most part, tends to be more user-friendly than most other forms of alcohol,” he said.
Gilchrist enjoys Captain Morgan or Southern Comfort when it comes to liquor. Those two liquors go down smooth either mixed in a drink or straight up, he said.
“To me, the imports have more of a full flavor, and it feels like you’re drinking an actual beer instead of our Oklahoma 3.2 brew,” Gilchrist said. “They also go better with a dinner than most domestics.”
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