A Quaker producer of this good named Elias Bockett published the satirical poem (*) "Blunt to Walpole" in response to the passage of a law taxing its production. The puss and mew was a device that gave customers this good after they inserted coins into a mounted statue of a cat. A tract by Thomas Wilson against this good was cited as a contributor to crime in An Enquiry Into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers by Henry Fielding. A “craze” named for this good originated when William of Orange introduced jenever from Holland. William Hogarth created a print of a “lane” named for this good blaming it for society’s ills, contrasted with the wholesomeness of beer. For 10 points, name this juniper-flavored distilled spirit popular in 18th-century London, later combined into a popular cocktail with tonic water. ■END■
ANSWER: gin [accept Gin Craze; accept Gin Lane; prompt on alcohol or liquor or spirits]
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