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william-t-power t1_j2fow6i wrote

Reply to comment by Petey57 in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

Something else I have wondered is, did they have beer? Beer would be tough to have out in places with no refrigeration and tough to keep carbonated I would think.

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IronMaidenExcellent t1_j2fv2of wrote

At least re carbonation I don’t think old timey beer was carbonated with CO2 or anything, it was probably flatter

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william-t-power t1_j2fwqor wrote

Yeah, the old way is to prime it with sugar and seal it to create the carbonation after the fermentation cycle. Home brewers do this to carbonate in bottles. I don't know how this would have been done back in the 1800s. Bottled beer would be expensive to transport vs barrels, but do barrels go flat after they're tapped?

There's a lot of variables that if there was a process it would be interesting. At the same time it would make more sense to just serve wine and liquor.

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