Episode 140 - Cocktails in a Time of Plague

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