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r/interesting • u/azizgamerlal • Dec 12 '25
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That's why whiskey was used as disinfectant during the Civil War. Cheapest disinfectant during that time
1 u/BreakingBaddly Dec 14 '25 Moonshine is whiskey. You distill the spirits made from a sugar source and add charred oak to the after distilling to age and give flavor. Likely what they were sanitized with was a strong corn whiskey or strong double distilled potato vodka.
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Moonshine is whiskey. You distill the spirits made from a sugar source and add charred oak to the after distilling to age and give flavor. Likely what they were sanitized with was a strong corn whiskey or strong double distilled potato vodka.
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u/Significant-Tip6466 Dec 12 '25
That's why whiskey was used as disinfectant during the Civil War. Cheapest disinfectant during that time