"Does anyone remember Carlin Black Label Beer?"
I drink scotch and one time at an O'Club somewhere in Alabama I asked for a [Johnny Walker] Black Label on the rocks. The barkeep looks at me funny and asks me "Whuat?". I told her, "Black Label on the rocks, please". She goes to the back for a couple of minutes and comes back with a can of beer which she pours over ice in a glass. The beer: Carlin Black Label.
That's how I learned that in the south you don't drink scotch, you drink whiskey.
I was born in the deep South, raised here too, and been living large for many, many years. Down here we drink good whiskey, and we also drink damn fine scotch, single malts, blends, any way we want it. The problem sir, was you were in Alabama, where the men are men,and the sheep are really nervous-if you know what I mean (check with Hillary-she knows!) They only like moonshine there, and if it has been "aged" more than a day, they use it for blowing up tree stumps and coal mining. Hope this facilitates your learning more about the South.