What beverages did the colonists drink? In 1783, tavern keepers advertised.
"Good West India rum, one pound per gallon; bread, ten shillings; whiskey, six; strong beer, four; good West India rum toddy, ten shillings; brandy toddy, seven shillings and sixpence; rum punch, fifteen shillings; brandy punch, twelve; rum grog, six; brandy grog, five. Diet: one meal, one shilling, and sixpence; lodging, one shilling, and three pence; "stable" and hay, two shillings; oats and corn, nine pence per gallon."
