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Yeah, the blog post does not seem to talk about the appearance of rum and distilled liquor in 18th/19th century England. I think the decline of ale and beer co
by pixodaros 3y ago
Yeah, the blog post does not seem to talk about the appearance of rum and distilled liquor in 18th/19th century England. I think the decline of ale and beer consumption in 19th century England was partially a response to the increased availability of other forms of alcohol although I'm not a specialist in the period.
- starkparker 3y agoGin was a particular problem in 18th-century London: https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item105855.html https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item105855.html plus https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/36/5/401/233726 https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/36/5/401/233726 for some societal context (gin was cheaper and the economy was shit).