I'm forty-five pages into my new, as yet untitled, Tim Rathbone mystery.  In the story, Pastor Tim takes a glass of Scotch and gets a disapproving look for a member of his congregation, Sister Blankenship.  Here's how he explains his views on drinking:
"Many fundamentalist and all Pentecostal denominations forbid drinking alcohol and cite various scriptures to back that up.  They claim that when Jesus turned water into wine, what he made was unfermented grape juice, which, they say, is what people mostly drank in biblical times.  That’s nonsense.  When the ruler of the feast at Canaan tasted the wind, he said, “This is good stuff.” He did not say, “Welch’s the children will be so pleased.”  Later on, the Pharisees called Jesus a drunk because he drank with the common people.  Having that drink with Sean helped me feel Christ-like.  Thinking of those Pharisees, I smiled back at Blankenship and took another swig."

I realize this may offend some abstemious Christians.  Get over yourselves.