{"id":1242,"date":"2012-09-20T12:12:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T12:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2012-09-20T12:12:50","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T12:12:50","slug":"has-beer-saved-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/has-beer-saved-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Beer Saved the World?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some may say that. It has been used as a payment<\/strong> to workers, it was drunk in Britain\u00a0when water was too dirty to drink during the Cromwell era. It was also used for medical purposes<\/strong> (placebo effect, maybe?). In fact, midwives used a strong type of beer to ease labour pains.<\/p>\n
Well, I remember those old Western movies where injured, hard men were given a bottle of whisky before a doctor extracted a bullet from their leg.\u00a0Getting drunk to avoid feeling pain.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, there is a passion for beer, to the point that it has been flavoured<\/strong> with a variety of herbals and other things, ie, chocolate, wormwood seeds, even, crab claws. Pubs in\u00a0London sell many different types of beer: chocolate, peach, honey, etc. Being a self-confessed chocoholic, I have to admit I hated chocolate beer. Are there any flavours you don’t like?<\/p>\n
It is interesting to note how it is perceived<\/strong> here. I have always liked drinking beer. When arrived to London, I noticed that most girl drank beer sometimes, but wine was actually their poison. It was considered as more classy, and I have to say, it saves you from having to go to the loo every five minutes!<\/p>\n