Friday, October 24, 2025
Beer In The Old West
In the dusty saloons of Dodge City, Tombstone, and Deadwood, one drink flowed more freely than whiskey—and that was beer. While whiskey had the reputation for hard living and quick tempers, beer was the everyday drink of the Old West, the beverage that quenched the thirst of miners, soldiers, cowboys, and settlers alike. It was the working man’s refreshment, a symbol of comfort in a rough and untamed land.
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Beer is the great equalizer among men, color, nationality hell even language didn't matter.. A good beer at the end of a hard day of work was a treat, whiskey is a whole different matter.
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If you can find it, "How beer saved the world" was on the Discovery channel some years ago and is worth the time to watch.
ReplyDeleteThe reason why is simple - if you drank the water back then, you stood a pretty fair chance of getting sick from it. The reason they discovered wine and beer making was to purify water.
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