Civil War beer

[donna]

Another older thread on Beers. Thought bring up since new one just posted.

 

[donna]

Another interesting thread on beers. Brought up older one.

 

[bayonet]

View attachment 147130 I know they drank this one back then. Maybe not exactly the same taste as today, but very popular around here, on tap in most bars. The lager is top notch. I worked a few blocks from the brewery in Pottsville, for 10 years. Americas's oldest brewery.

Try their Black & Tan, it's great.

 

[Northern Light]

The darker the better, in my taste. Lite beer? Just have a glass of water!

 

[damYankee]

During the American Revolutionary War, things were much different,

 

[James Brenner]

The darker the better, in my taste. Lite beer? Just have a glass of water!

You should listen to Seamus Kennedy sing, "Back in the Clydesdales".

 

[damYankee]

Did the navies of both sides continue the tradition of daily rations of rum or brandy?

 

[USS ALASKA]

Did the navies of both sides continue the tradition of daily rations of rum or brandy?

Inheriting Britain's Royal Navy tradition of providing sailors with a daily ration of rum in the 18th century, the U.S. Navy established in 1794 that sailors were to receive "one half-pint of distilled spirits" a day. In 1806, the Navy encouraged the sailors to accept whiskey as a substitute for the more expensive rum. Sailors who did not wish to imbibe or were under age were paid an extra three to six cents a day. The ration was reduced to one gill (four ounces) in 1842 and totally eliminated 1862 during the Civil War—though the Confederate Navy continued to provide crews with rum rations, believing that the tradition would help recruit much-needed experienced sailors from other nations.

A Hundred Years Dry: The U.S. Navy's End of Alcohol at Sea - USNI News

As a flotilla of naval vessels from around the world participates in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) to sustain relationships in the maritime community, a century ago this week international navies converged for a remarkably different occasion—to drink the last of the U.S. Navy’s supply...

news.usni.org

Cheers - or not...
USS ALASKA

 

[Northern Light]

Inheriting Britain's Royal Navy tradition of providing sailors with a daily ration of rum in the 18th century, the U.S. Navy established in 1794 that sailors were to receive "one half-pint of distilled spirits" a day. In 1806, the Navy encouraged the sailors to accept whiskey as a substitute for the more expensive rum. Sailors who did not wish to imbibe or were under age were paid an extra three to six cents a day. The ration was reduced to one gill (four ounces) in 1842 and totally eliminated 1862 during the Civil War—though the Confederate Navy continued to provide crews with rum rations, believing that the tradition would help recruit much-needed experienced sailors from other nations.

A Hundred Years Dry: The U.S. Navy's End of Alcohol at Sea - USNI News

As a flotilla of naval vessels from around the world participates in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) to sustain relationships in the maritime community, a century ago this week international navies converged for a remarkably different occasion—to drink the last of the U.S. Navy’s supply...

news.usni.org

Cheers - or not...
USS ALASKA

Those rations would have been much appreciated after a night watch in winter, I would imagine.