Absinthe also used to contain a lot more methanol and volatile methyl compound, because modern fractional distillation had yet to be perfected. The stuff was on the list of the worst things for the human body of all times, up there with crystal meth and Roman "nectar"
wait hold up roman nectar was a real thing?
LOL yes.
Yes, they concentrated high sugar juice in pots, almost all of which were made of lead alloy at the time. Needless to say, the result was a mixture of sugar and lead.
fuck i bet it went so hard though
I mean yeah they didn't give a fuck back then. They made the beatniks look like complete pussies tbh
There were ads in magazines selling mail order narcotics.
Yeah, you know the good old days .