[halffaday]

If you ever find yourself in a scenario where clean water isn’t available. Beer might be one of the few things you can drink that won’t kill you.

[vkou]

> Beer might be one of the few things you can drink that won’t kill you

... Because the process of making beer consists of boiling the wort!

But if you can boil water to make beer, you can just, well, boil water to drink.

People have known since antiquity how to make water potable.

[soco]

You can keep beer waaay longer usable than you can keep boiled water fresh.

[nine_k]

I suppose that having a small amount of silver or even just copper touching the water can seriously prolong its shelf life, so to say.

Also, putting sterilized water into airtight sterilized containers, as normally done with beer, works well. Carry a can of Liquid Death with you instead of a can of Bud, the weight is the same.

[wollsmoth]

Why would that be? Alcohol can spoil too.

[jononomo]

What is stale water?

[matheusmoreira]

Alcohol has a diuretic effect. It makes the kidneys produce urine. Without access to actual clean water, it seems to me that drinking alcohol will just dehydrate the person even faster.