A lot of the beer they drank throughout the day was ’small beer”—made from a second run of water through the mash… it was about as alcoholic as modern-day ginger beer. So—yeah, they did spend a lot of their time more intoxicated than us… but not totally smashed all the time.
Small beer goes down quite nicely (even for somebody that doesn’t like beer like me). It’s kind of like cordial—but without being sickly sweet.
I also made “small currant wine”once- which was also nice, but not as good as straight currant wine… but does let you drink a whole lot more of it during a hot day.
A lot of the beer they drank throughout the day was ’small beer”—made from a second run of water through the mash… it was about as alcoholic as modern-day ginger beer. So—yeah, they did spend a lot of their time more intoxicated than us… but not totally smashed all the time.
I’ve taken lately to the sort of pub that has 2% mild, so I can sop up extravagant quantities of it without getting plastered.
Small beer goes down quite nicely (even for somebody that doesn’t like beer like me). It’s kind of like cordial—but without being sickly sweet.
I also made “small currant wine”once- which was also nice, but not as good as straight currant wine… but does let you drink a whole lot more of it during a hot day.