I’ve written a couple articles recently about puzzles that must be solved prior to consuming beverages. This is apparently a tradition that goes back at least as far as the middle ages. Puzzle Jugs, which date back to at least 1300AD, are a type of mechanical puzzle. The challenge is to drink the contents of the jug without spilling. Often this challenge is inscribed on the jug in some poetic form. Sounds easy, but the conventional way of drinking from the jug is impossible since the neck has a number of sizable holes in it. If you’re curious about how a puzzle jug works and how one can drink from it, check out this wikipedia article where the picture and most of my information came from.
