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Gin Craze

Gin Lane by William Hogarth, 1751; it depicts what was by then considered a "drug crisis".[1]

The Gin Craze was a period in the first half of the 18th century when the consumption of gin increased rapidly in Great Britain, especially in London. Daniel Defoe commented: "the Distillers have found out a way to hit the palate of the Poor, by their new fashion'd compound Waters called Geneva, so that the common People seem not to value the French-brandy as usual, and even not to desire it".[2]

Parliament passed five major Acts, in 1729, 1736, 1743, 1747 and 1751, designed to control the consumption of gin. Though many similar drinks were available and alcohol consumption was considerable at all levels of society, gin caused the greatest public concern. Although it is commonly thought gin or Jenever was the particular drink that became popular, at that time the word "gin" was also used as a general term for drinks distilled from grain.

  1. ^ Allred, Nicholas (2021). "Mother Gin and the Bad Examples: Figuring a Drug Crisis, 1736–51". Eighteenth-Century Fiction. 33 (3): 369–392. doi:10.3138/ecf.33.3.369. ISSN 0840-6286.
  2. ^ The Complete English Tradesman, Vol. 2, Page 91 Daniel Defoe, 1727

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