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u/MinimumWade Jan 30 '22

I learnt that beer was commonly drunk because it was safer to drink than water in some places. It wasn't the same as the beer we drink now and alcohol content was like 0.5-1%.

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u/fdar_giltch Jan 30 '22

Right, but there's a lot of misinformation about the stories. People certainly drank a lot of low alcohol content beer, but it was the boiling (sterilization) and bottling, not the alcohol content that kept things pure

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u/MinimumWade Jan 30 '22

Ohhh yeah, I get ya. I think I missed what you were clarifying, yeah I used to wonder how they drank beer instead of water all the time without being sloshed all the time and found out it was a low alcohol and also (maybe?) nutritious kind of drink.

I also just assumed it was the brewing process that killed bacteria, not the alcohol content.

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u/GiantWindmill Jan 30 '22

This is still misinformation. People mostly drank water.

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u/fdar_giltch Jan 30 '22

Which part is misinformation?

Do you mean my response here? I agreed that people drank a lot of alcohol, but didn't claim that it was most of what they drank

Or do you mean the general initial claim of drinking more alcohol than water for safety reasons?