What GETTING WASTED Was Like In Medieval Times !

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Getting drunk in the Middle Ages was not a reckless weekend choice it was a normal part of daily life, woven into work, religion, and survival itself. This long-form story explores what it truly meant to drink alcohol in medieval times, far beyond the modern idea of “getting wasted.”

Through slow, detailed storytelling, you’ll step into a world where clean water was often unsafe and alcohol was the most reliable alternative. Beer, ale, wine, cider, and mead were consumed by everyone: peasants, monks, nobles, and even children. But these drinks were nothing like what we know today often weak, sour, cloudy, and brewed locally with wildly inconsistent results.

The story follows medieval drinking from dawn to night. Laborers drank ale before work, during work, and after work not to party, but to function. Taverns were social centers, courtrooms, hiring halls, and shelters. Drinking was communal, noisy, and deeply social, but it could also spiral quickly into violence, accidents, and punishment.

You’ll explore what drunkenness actually looked like without modern regulation. Alcohol content varied unpredictably. Overindulgence led to fights, public shaming, fines, imprisonment, or worse. Chronic drinking damaged bodies already weakened by malnutrition and disease. Liver failure, injuries, and fatal falls were common and rarely understood.

The narrative also reveals the moral tension surrounding alcohol. The Church warned against excess but relied heavily on wine for ritual and daily consumption in monasteries. Laws attempted to regulate taverns, drinking hours, and public behavior, yet enforcement was inconsistent and often corrupt.

Even the wealthy drank heavily, though with different consequences. Feasts encouraged excess. Wine flowed freely, masking political intrigue and resentment. A noble who drank too much risked embarrassment, manipulation, or assassination. Sobriety was not a virtue control was.

This is not a story of carefree revelry. It is a grounded look at alcohol as medicine, nutrition, escape, and danger all at once. In a harsh world, getting drunk was one of the few available comforts, but it came with real physical, social, and sometimes deadly consequences.

A quiet, unromantic journey into medieval intoxication where drinking was ordinary, excess was risky, and sobriety was rare.

A Note on Historical Accuracy:
This narrative draws on medieval brewing records, tavern laws, monastic accounts, medical texts, and court records. While shaped for immersive storytelling, the practices and dangers described reflect documented realities of medieval alcohol consumption.

Sources & Further Reading:

Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England — Judith M. Bennett.
Food and Drink in Medieval England — C. M. Woolgar.
The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England — Ian Mortimer.
Medieval tavern ordinances and brewing records.