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* But even if they couldn't hit the high ABV numbers, they were still drinking at least 3% beer pretty much all day long. From what I've read, this behavior pr
by pkulak 10y ago
* But even if they couldn't hit the high ABV numbers, they were still drinking at least 3% beer pretty much all day long.
From what I've read, this behavior pretty much continued straight through until prohibition in the States. Usually a cider before about lunch, then beer and spirits.
- village-idiot 10y agoFrom what I understand prohibition was the result of revolutionary drinking habits meeting up with increasing supplies of industrialized and cheap high alcohol beer and spirits.
- ctdonath 10y agoAs urban populations grew, rural grain farmers soon found that transporting spirits was a far more profitable per-volume process than raw dry grains. BTW: that eventually led to institutionalizing the Southern US's illegal "moonshine culture", which as the automobile became commonplace started using cars for smuggling spirits, which then led to car racing (smugglers had powerful vehicles and talented drivers) which eventually manifested as NASCAR.