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Re: Twain and alcohol
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Fred Harwood <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 6 Sep 2010 20:06:07 -0400
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And in Colonial times at 8.5 percent, stronger than most beers.


on 9/6/10 5:25 PM, Martin D. Zehr at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> For the same reasons Gregg provides, cider was a more popular drink, especi=
> ally the fermented variety, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries than=
>  it is today.

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