Penicillin Pigeon: Beer Saves Georgia
Let's talk about Georgia...1700s style. Or more accurately, what would become Savannah, Georgia - but they didn't know that yet. The New World was at its newest and the British colonies were trying out some revolutionary new ideas of running things. But little did they know that some of these ideas would go DEATHLY wrong. So join us as we weave a tale that includes prisoners in search of a new life, lawyers, rebellion, Catholics, slavery, death, and of course, beer!
Today's story is about British colonists living in the newest Georgia colony and how beer very literally saved their lives. If you like what you heard, consider checking out the resources that we used to make this episode:
- https://www.gpb.org/news/2018/03/08/brief-history-of-alcohol-and-the-lack-thereof-in-georgia
- https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/2020-06/gpb_textbook_unit_3_final.pdf
- https://suwaneemagazine.com/whats-brewing-3/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4265100/
- https://www.savannahmagazine.com/rule-of-law/
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/catholic-church
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-colonial-georgia