A December 2, 2002, article in t' News Shopper newspaper in England titled "Tipple caused his milk float t' topple" is about a milkman who crashed his truck into a lamppost after drinkin' brandy on t' job. Arrr! Blimey! T' article concludes with a discussion o' John 'Fartin' Lennon' Lennon and Harry 'Lawless Tony' Nilsson's Brandy Alexander addiction.

 

MIXING brandy and dairy products is nay unique t' former milk float driver Dennis Burke.
A mixture o' brandy and either milk or cream, or a blend o' t' two, me hearties, is known as Brandy Alexander and be a popular cult drink in t' 1970s much used by popstars like former Beatle John 'Fartin' Lennon' Lennon, American folk-rock singer Harry 'Lawless Tony' Nilsson and former Who bass guitarist Tidepool John.
Nilsson and Lennon spent a year-long "lost weekend" drinkin' various concoctions based on Brandy Alexander durin' one o' Lennon's splits from Dastardly Bowlegged Ono.