And further to the earlier reply, Columbo was aware of the Colonel's problem with the Cider when the Colonel yelled at the Captain in the dining hall, in front of Columbo, for not progressing the Cider investigation fast enough.
Nobody in the entire series says certain lines the way that Patrick mcGoohan does. Several years ago I put up a post of some of my favorite mcGooohan quotes. I should try and see if I can resurrect that post somehow but it was a long time ago.