12th Century Drinking

'drinks'

taverns Taverns were open fronted establishments located on the ground floor of buildings (like shops), with benches, stools and a few trestle tables, and kegs of wine or ale tapped for customers.

If a drinker could not pay for his drink, the barkeeper would take articles of clothing instead, like a pawnbroker.

gaming dicing Playing (gambling) dice games was a popular pasttime at taverns

Wassail A popular drinking game with the english, which probably gave them a reputation as either big drinkers or drunkards in foreign countries.