History of alcoholic drinks but would compound the situation by creating additional problems wherever it was implemented. Alcoholic beverages played an important role in the Thirteen Colonies from their early days. For example, the "Mayflower" shipped more beer than water when it departed for the New World in 1620. While this may seem strange viewed from the modern context, note that drinking wine and beer at that time was safer than drinking water - which was usually taken from sources also used to dispose of sewage and garbage. Experience showed that it was safer to drink alcohol than the typically polluted water in Europe.
Oz and James Drink to Britain audience share of 15%. The DVD of "Oz and James Drink to Britain", which contains footage not featured on the original BBC broadcasts, was released in the UK on 16 March 2009. The series was also broadcast on BBC America, renamed "James May Drinks to Britain." Oz and James Drink to Britain Oz and James Drink to Britain was a BBC television series in which wine writer Oz Clarke and motor journalist James May travelled through Britain and Ireland to discover the array of available alcoholic drinks. The series is a sequel to "Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure", and