What is sad to me Pete, isn't that you might have a pint and use it more as a prop than as a drink, but that you felt there was some honor to defend when you were accused of being a lightweight drinker.

There is a very strong aspect of machismo attached to this romantic notion of folk and drink. I guess that is why so many contributing to this thread have felt they couldn't come right out and say that professional musicians, like any other professionals, shouldn't be drinking on the job, regardless of myth or reality.