The War in the 1700s

In the 1700s, they would have been able to spot something off with certain poison. Joshua does not seem alarmed by what happened. If it's not preserved well, he's probably been sickened before. He probably had a bad taste in his mouth and just blew it off because he didn't seem alarmed. Well, this grogg probably has enough alcohol concentration. It's not going to go bad due to bacterial contamination. But for sure, I could see where it would be easy for Joshua just to assume that this grogg, for whatever reason, was bad"