| I’m sorry, what’s not true? 6% ABV was enough to kill germs prior to their discovery but then suddenly it became 60% in the 1800s? Interesting.. People were boiling “dirty” water to make it drinkable since at least Ancient Egypt. There is plenty of evidence they did that during the middle ages. Obviously people preferred clean water and it generally was obtainable most of the time in most inhabited places: > Do remember that untill Pasteur proved the Germ theory in the mid 19th centurys. Ok I will. I’m not sure how is this relevant though. I mean if I understand you correctly you’re arguing that people didn’t understood that boiling water killed bacteria, however they knew that turning it into beer did? > So no, you are in fact wrong. About what? Obviously people drank beer and they also drank water, clean water was generally available even if much more difficult to procure than nowadays. > Also, getting a mug of beer from a vat i You do know that beer (ale) without hops doesn’t really last that long in room temperature? It can and will go bad in days or weeks. Hops weren’t really used in England for instance until the 1400s.. |