Six amazing Andre the Giant Drinking Stories
1. Andre drank six bottles of wine before a match
āThere are a lot of crazy stories about Andre that sound fake but most are true, especially his drinking. Andre used to ask me to get him six bottles of Mateus wine and ice them down. He would drink those before we went to the ring and no one could tell. One night in Sarasota, Andre is traveling with us. So we pull over and get two cases of tall boys. By the time we get from Sarasota to the Tahitian Inn on Dale Mabry, the two cases were bone dry.ā ā Gerald Brisco, via the Tampa Bay Times
2. Andre drank 102 beers in 45 minutes before a flight
āI get a call. āHey, boss, Iām at the Tampa airport. Iāve got a one-hour layover.ā I was like OK, itās fifteen minutes or so from my momās house. So I drive over the airport and I met him at the Delta Crown Lounge. By the time we sat down, we had about 45 minutes before he had to walk to the next gate. He drank 108 12-ounce beers.ā ā Hulk Hogan
3. Andre downed pitchers full of āvarious liquorsā and ran up a $40K bar tab
āThe famed wrestler preferred something stiffer, specifically, āThe American,ā a concoction that consisted of 40 ounces of various liquors poured into a pitcher. Elwes said that Andre would drink several of these in a single sitting. āIāve never tasted airplane fuel,ā Elwes said, āBut I imagine itās very close to what that must taste like.ā Itās very potent indeed, and I remember coughing a lot. But to him, it was like chugging water.ā
4. Andre drank 12 bottles of wine on a bus ride in Japan
āI went down to this little karaoke bar right down the street from the hotel, and I bought a case of Pouilly-FuissĆ© wine ā 12 bottles of this very powerful, powerful, strong white French wine. ā¦ All of a sudden, we left the hotel about 8 in the morning for an eight-hour bus ride. About three hours later, he shakes the seat. He says, āBoss. Bossss. I need pit stop.ā Three hours on a bus he drank 12 bottles of wine.ā ā Hulk Hogan
5. Andreās unofficial record is 156 beers in one sitting
As told by Mike Graham and confirmed by Dusty Rhodes. Thatās 1,872 ounces, or 14.6 gallons of beer. The average human stomach can typically hold about a liter.
Incredibly, thatās 39 more than what Andre himself admitted to drinking when he appeared on David Letterman in 1984.
6. Andre responded to a last call by ordering 40 drinks
This oneās the most mythical of all, but it allegedly happened near Kansas City. āThe bartender told Andre he could stay only if he was drinking, imagining, surely, that he would soon be rid of the big fella. Andre thanked the man, and proceeded to order 40 vodka tonics. He sat there drinking them, one after another, finishing the last at just after five in the morning.ā
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