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Medieval hardships (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You're both right. The beer people drank back then was usually very low alcohol content. It was essentially fermented just enough so that it would stay safe to drink for a while. There was stronger stuff, yes, but especially the stuff they had on ships was very weak.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Same with the famous pirate rum.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

not saying anyone's wrong in this thread, but i would love to read sources on this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Here you go :)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_beer