The one produced with fruits was known as ‘melomel’, and the one made with grapes, the most popular one, was called ‘payment’. This medieval alcoholic drink was prepared all over the European regions by adding different spices or herbs, known as ‘metheglin’. The flavour of mead was very similar to beer, and it was produced by brewing spices or fruits as per the local recipes. Usually, people preferred drinking it in carbonated and sparkling form, but it was also found in dry form.
Its alcoholic content used ranged from mild to strong. Mead was a kind of wine made by fermenting honey and water with yeast.
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Mead “ Medieval Mead”, by Vibergsborken, is licensed under Pixabay License Even Aqua Vitae, a strong alcoholic spirit, was considered very healthy by medieval physicians.
The alcoholic distillates were occasionally used to create dazzling by soaking a piece of cotton in spirits. Earlier, it was used for medical purposes, but later, it became one of the medieval alcoholic drinks. In distillation, the liquid was purified and mixed with spices or sugar. At that time, Arabic innovations in the field were combined with water-cooled glass alembics. This technique was very popular among ancient Greeks and Romans however, it was lost and not practised again in Europe until the 12th century. Spirits were prepared using the distillation technique. By the 14th century, bags of ready-made spice mix for wine were available in the market, and people could buy them from the spice merchants and prepare their own wines at home. These were poured into the wine in steeped or liquid form for producing hypocras. These were usually made with the spices like ginger, pepper, nutmeg, sugar, cardamom, grains of paradise, and sugar. These were considered very healthy as they helped in digestion, and spices added to them were used to fulfil nutrient requirements. Spiced and mulled wines were also very popular in medieval times. Common men used to drink the cheap white or rose wine, while the lower class used to get watered-down vinegar wines. While second and third pressings were used for preparing lower quality wines with more alcoholic content. The first pressing was reserved for the upper class and was used to prepare expensive and fine wines. The quality of wine used to differ in the medieval era depending on the types of grapes used in it and the number of grape pressings it got. It was consumed in moderate quantities to aid digestion, generate good blood, and improve mood. It was considered a prestigious and healthy choice. The wine was a very popular medieval time drink. Wine “ A Post Medieval glass wine bottle”, by Pigsonthewing, is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Clarea of Water Alcoholic Medieval Drinks 1. Here is a list of some famous medieval alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and how they were made.Ģ.9 9. There were also other types of drinks in medieval times. Poor people mostly drank mead, cider, and mead, while rich people had access to all drinks, and wine and beer were their favourites. Even tea and coffee didn’t make it to Europe until the 16th century. Plain milk, even though it was available for people of all classes, was not consumed by adults and was reserved for young and elderly people. All these properties were missing in water because people couldn’t experiment with them a lot. Also, medieval drinks were prepared while keeping medicinal properties in mind. These Medieval drinks included more nutrients, were beneficial for the digestive system and were less prone to putrefaction. People used to enjoy drinking alcoholic and non-alcoholic medieval drinks as much as we love them today.ĭuring the Medieval period, people didn’t have water filters, and therefore, they used to prefer drinking brewed and specialised beverages. Medieval time drinks were not as boring as you think. Have you ever sipped a tasty drink and thought about where it came from? Most drinks we have today are the modernised version of historic medieval drinks.
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