Spirits & Time

The Dutch invent the alcohol industry

Our story reaches its pivot as gin arrives in England

Feb 14 • 

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Urban Drinking Kicks In

Spirits get serious

Jan 14 • 

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December 2024

Chapter 6 / The Original Sin

How we decided to turn women drinking into a crime

Dec 22, 2024 • 

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Chapter 5 / The Mistress of all Medicine

Branschweig smashes it

Dec 4, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Chapter 4 / Ur-gin, and hanging out at the monastery

Juniper flavoured spirit makes a dramatic entrance

Nov 25, 2024 • 

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Chapter 3 / Meeting Al-koh'l الكحل

Unlikely as it sounds, our story really gets going in Baghdad in 890CE

Nov 17, 2024 • 

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Chapter 2 / Call of the Juniper Berry

Everything starts with the piney bite of juniper

Nov 4, 2024 • 

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Chapter 1 / Why Spirits and Time?

Welcome in. You've come to the right place.

Nov 1, 2024 • 

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