Questions tagged [alcohol]
Questions related to the history of any organic compound (often used as a drug or a cleaning or sanitizing solution) in which the hydroxyl function group is bound to a carbon. Most often associated with intoxicating beverages.
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How did the maximum strengths of alcoholic beverages in Western Europe increase from wine which Romans watered to 80 proof to absinthe?
My understanding is that there was a historical process, or more likely a collection of historical processes, from the Greco-Roman world where unwatered wine had an ABV of around 4% and was usually ...
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What would have been on the menu in an Ancient Egyptian tavern?
Public dining places
It appears that there were public dining places in Ancient Egypt. A menu from one of them has been found, dating back to 6th Century BC. On this menu was cereal, wild fowl, and ...
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What's the significance of "cat, hare, and ale" in this quotation?
From Alice Morse Earle's Colonial Days in Old New York (1896):
In Albany in 1677 all "Shrovetide misdemeanors were prohibited, viz.: riding at a goose, cat, hare, and ale." The fine was ...
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Were ice buckets used to chill wine in Victorian England?
Any quick answer as to whether they were used in the Victorian era (in the comments) would be deeply appreciated (I need a quick answer).
So when did this form of wine chilling come about?
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How alcoholic were ancient Greek and Roman wines, before and after dilution?
My understanding is that people in ancient Greece and Rome used to dilute their wine before drinking it. Do we know the ABV values for diluted and undiluted wines?
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What would have been the typical drinks for a US farmer in the late 18th/early 19th century?
What would have been the typical drinks for a US farmer in the late 18th/early 19th century?
I have read a lot about cider being a frequent drink, but it is not a common drink now in the United ...
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How exactly were beer/bread made in Ancient Egypt?
I'm writing a novel set in large part in Ancient Egypt and am incorporating many tasks of everyday living into the narrative. The one I'm stuck on is the making of bread and beer (which were ...
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What are the per capita alcohol consumption rates of England from 1700 to 1900?
The rates are readily available for the period 1800 onwards but there is some trouble finding equivalent data for the period prior to 1800. Moreover, the data that I have some across so far even for ...
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When did we stop diluting wine?
In ancient Rome, wine was drunk diluted with water, as discussed in this question.
When did it become common practice not to dilute wine, but to drink it as is?
I tried to look, and found nothing ...
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What's the earliest evidence of drug abuse?
Let's define drug abuse as drug use that is harmful to to the user or to others. Evidence of alcohol and opiates go back thousands of years, but some reading hasn't revealed when these substances ...
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Who was the Irishman that betrayed Coronel's gold claim?
Antonio Coronel was a Mexican Californio who like many other Spanish speakers was ejected by Anglos from his claim in the Gold Rush, about April, 1849. Quoting from the published translation of his ...
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Why do we clink glasses and say cheers?
Is it true that in Medieval Times kings used to invite other king for a feast and poison other king's drink? this became so prevelant that the guest king would clink his glass with the host king's ...
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Did the Russian alcohol monopoly in the 1700s cover the whole Russian territory?
Crownhart-Vaughan's introduction to her translation of Krasheninnikov's Explorations of Kamchatka mentions an Imperial monopoly on liquor, and the state's difficulty in enforcing it, in 1750s ...
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Do we know how much alcohol Vikings drank?
We know the drink of choice, at least for early Vikings, was mead. But do we know exactly how much alcohol the Vikings drank?
Was there a significant supply of alcohol so that each man could drink as ...
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Did early northern Europeans drink alcohol?
Before the Roman empire brought alcohol to areas of Northern Europe around two thousand years ago, do we know if the native people of Britain and Scandinavia drank alcohol?
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