Researchers Make Distilled Wine in a Replica of a 2,000-year-old Bronze Vessel Found in the Emperor’s Tomb

[Erik Owens]

Archaeologists in China have produced distilled wine in a  replica of a 2,000-year-old bronze vessel recovered from an emperor’s tomb, revealing that the technique of distilled spirits existed in China as early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25). This result has pushed back the origins of China’s alcohol distillation technology by around 1,000 years.

https://arkeonews.net/researchers-make-distilled-wine-in-a-replica-of-a-2000-year-old-bronze-vessel-found-in-the-emperors-tomb/

[Silk City Distillers]

Curious if the original bronze contained lead - assuming it probably did, as most ancient bronzes did use lead to make the bronze easier to work.

Maybe led to some unanticipated long-term effects (pun intended), especially so if these were funkier, high acidity fermentations.

Though you'd probably need to consume a prodigious amount of spirit to ingest enough lead to be really harmful.

So in short, review is 2/10 on account of the long-term insanity, would not recommend.