He drinks whiskey or brandy frequently and in relatively large quantities. For example, in "The High Window", he gets out a bottle of Four Roses, and pours glasses for himself, for Det. Lt. Breeze and for Spangler. At other times he is drinking Old Forester, a Kentucky bourbon: "I hung up and fed myself a slug of Old Forester to brace my nerves for the interview. As I was inhaling it I heard her steps tripping along the corridor." ("The Little Sister") However, in "Playback" he orders a double Gibson at a bar while tailing Betty Mayfield. Also, in "The Long Goodbye", he and Terry Lennox drink Gimlets.