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Gin Craze

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The Gin Craze

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How the Gin Craze Almost Destroyed London

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Gin Up, South Africa: Gin Craze Going Big

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Gin Craze - I Can't

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The Gin Craze | Fine Drinks Movement

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". Many people overconsumed and the city had an epidemic of extreme drunkenness; this provoked moral outrage and a legislative backlash that some compare to the modern drug wars.
    • Increased consumption of gin 

    • Gin Acts of 1736 and 1751