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I've always thought the trope was based on the idea of stunted development. Kids are heavily encouraged to drink milk, so films making a point of adults drinking it are indicating that there's some part of growing up that they've missed.
TV Tropes has you covered for all your beverage based characterization needs: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DrinkBasedCharacterization