During Colonial times and well into the 1800s, beer and cider were consumed all day long and considered as normal a beverage as we consider water and coffee today. That is to say, people drank it for breakfast, drank it at work and drank it when they came home.
John Adams (who lived to be 90) would start his day with a tankard of hard cider and then a brisk 4-5 mile walk.
47 posted on 08/27/2020 2:06:30 PM PDT by SamAdams76