Giant Bar Tabs

As referenced in the movie I Love You, Man, it took Andre the Giant 1-2 barrels of beer to get drunk. That’s a lot of beer. I also recall a story in which, during a tour of Japan, Hulk Hogan gave Andre a birthday gift of 6 bottles of wine, which were all finished before the end of the 5 or 6 hour bus ride, with Andre still sober enough to wrestle that night.

While such a tolerance would be fun to brag about, he must have had some seriously outrageous bar tabs in his day. He probably downed a beer in like 5 seconds, which would get annoying for the bartender who either had to ignore his other customers or deal with an angry and possibly drunken giant. And what about closing time (cue Semisonic background music)? When Andre was 39 beers in and wanted more, I bet the clock wasn’t convincing him to go home.

I bet there was at least one divorce caused by Andre’s drinking and the bartender not getting home till 8 in the morning. “No, honey, really… there was a giant in the bar who kept drinking and wouldn’t leave!” The wife, cranky because she hadn’t slept well while wondering with whom her husband was cheating, would laugh at him, then kick him out. Then he would have to sell his bar and find another way to sustain himself. He should have become a professional wrestler and fought Andre the Giant… would have made for a great storyline.

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