I think wine & beer are less damaging than hard liquors. It's more healthy to drink a bottle of wine that a couple of glasses of liquor. You drink wine slowly, which helps your body to absorb alcohol in more efficient way. If you hit a glass of hard liquor, it goes right away to hit your liver and kidenys very hard.
It was very weak beer, 2% max. Water supplies were often contaminated with bacteria and micro-organisms. Turning water into beer mostly guaranteed a safe supply of something to drink. Drunkenness was NOT cool with Pilgrim mores.
FunFact: they almost turned back to England halfway through the trip, as they were running low. When they finally got to the New World, one of the first things they did was start brewing beer again.
Anus_Expander 0 points 2.0 years ago
It was very weak beer, 2% max. Water supplies were often contaminated with bacteria and micro-organisms. Turning water into beer mostly guaranteed a safe supply of something to drink. Drunkenness was NOT cool with Pilgrim mores.
FunFact: they almost turned back to England halfway through the trip, as they were running low. When they finally got to the New World, one of the first things they did was start brewing beer again.