Gin and the Gin Craze [ Food & Drink / Eating & Drinking / Social interaction ]
… century. Jessica Warner summarises the available data: 1 . Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices, Publick [sic] Benefits (London: printed for J. Rorerts, 1714), remark G. ‘In 1700, the average adult drank slightly more … Lee Jackson explains: ‘There were […] roving staff to take orders, ferrying drinks hither and thither.’ While some public houses were disreputable, ‘the ideal ale house was a model of segregated social harmony. The tradesman sat happily … the taproom; and they both formed part of a temporary fellowship under the watch full eye of a convivial, respected publican.’ 4 They encouraged drinkers to linger over their pints by serving food and providing pipes and newspapers, …
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