Why were distilled beverages introduced so late? For common usage,

>>3053906
Transportation perhaps? You can easily move a barrel of beer from one village to another but once you start sailing around the world weight and space becoe issues?

>>3053910
I don't understand your point nor it is what i asked.

>>3053906
The equipment and techniques to do it were too valuable to waste on pleb shit like booze.

>>3053942
But they turned out be extremely profitable trading goods, simply because the plebs loved it so much. Rum was basically a form of money in British colonies, it was that valuable.

>>3053906
> Drinking what was treated as medicine for "fun"

>>3053958
Pre-modern medicine was retarded and there were pretty broad assumptions over what medicines were. Sugar was used as a medicine in 15th century just because it was rare and unusual.

>>3053942

>pleb shit like booze

>implying alcohol isn't one of the most important parts of humanity

>>3053906
aww that duck a cute.
Sorry derailing the thread.

>>3053942
>Shitting on booze
I want MENA and Asians to go away

>>3053912
>I don't understand this
>I'll dismiss it anyways
you retarded nonce

>>3053906
Damn, what type of duck is that? Looks adorable.