Merle Haggard Once Held The World Record For Buying The Largest Round Of Drinks
October 13, 2024 7:00 amMerle Haggard once set the Guinness World Record for buying the largest round of drinks.
He bought 5,095 C.C. waterbacks for the crowd at Billy Bob’s honky-tonk in Texas back in 1982.
A C.C. waterback is a shot of Canadian Club whiskey with some water to chase it down.
He did this in honour of his 28th hit song, “C.C. Waterback” and his tab was $12,737.50, which in today’s money is over $40,000.
His record stood for an impressive 34 more years, until 2016, when it was broken at a brewery in England celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday.
They bought a round of 412 beers, which was over 42 gallons. Merle’s round of shots was around 40 gallons, so he got beat out.
It was an impressive run, though. Merle was a legend.
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This post was written by Cheryl Johnstone