[Sca-cooks] Birch beer? (Likely OOP)

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> I was going to question the comment that birch beer was highly
> alcoholic, since very few tree saps would seem to contain enough
> sugar to create a highly alcoholic beverage. However, in checking
> through my beverages-msg file I found the following message. This
> both provides some evidence of birch beer being period as well as
> clarifying the "high alcohol" comment. The addition of other
> items containing sugar, such as honey would certainly increase the
> ability to create a higher alcohol content beverage.

Hm. My source was Dembinska and a few other authors discussing birch sap
beverages. I'll try to find the quotes...

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