We discuss the effects that COVID-19 Coronavirus has had on the spirits and cocktail industry and then examine the history of spirits during times of plague in bygone eras. Some of the topics we discuss include:
- How to make a Penicillin cocktail
- The legend of Four Thieves Vinegar
- Aqua Mirabilis (Miracle Water) and distilling technology
- Plague Water, feat. opium tears, viper flesh, and ambergris
- What plague doctors were hiding in those beaks
- How to drink well while quarantining or social distancing
- And much, much more
