OP, Methodists are very middle-of-the-road on everything. They are nowhere near as liberal as Episcopalians but much more liberal that Baptists. In the South, the Methodist Church was the middle-class church, with the upper-middle class being Episcopalian and everybody else (the majority of people) being Baptist. The Methodist Church does not ban drinking, although it is officially “discouraged.” Nevertheless, pretty much every Methodist I ever knew growing up had at least the occasional cocktail. Then again, we were a DC-suburban parish, so far from the most conservative.

Methodists traditionally have the best hymns, but like most churches they have thrown out those beautiful old hymns in favor of ghastly modern shit that sounds like bad country music. They also historically were more liturgical than Baptists and Evangelicals - that is church services followed an established order rather than being spontaneous - but I think they've gone more "wave your hands in the air" and less "now it's time for the doxology."

There are significant doctrinal differences between the Episcopal and Methodist Churches, which are Anglican in origin, and Presbyterians, Lutherans and of course the Baptists. The average Methodist has no idea what any of these are (which can probably also be said of most of the other denominations) except for the total-immersion adult vs. sprinkling infant baptism thing. And even then, I doubt most could explain the reasons why each church does what it does.

Methodists, unlike Catholics (and Episcopalians in the past, although that might have changed), allow any believing, baptized Christian to participate in the sacrament of the Eucharist. I always thought that was a nice point in their favor.

As with the Episcopal Church, the blessing of same-sex unions and ordination of gay clergy has torn the denomination apart, and a slo-mo schism is in process. The Lutherans and Presbyterians already had smaller conservative branches that have been around for a century or more for those who dislike the ultra-liberal stance of the main churches.

If you’re really interested in learning about different American Protestant churches, have I got a youtuber for you! That’s all this guy does, and he does it very well. (No, I am not he, although I suspect he’s as gay as a goose.)