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Beer Cleaner Than Water 13 years 10 months ago #1

partridge9 Topic Author Offline Posts: 584	Back in the day - hospitals used to serve low strength beer to drink as the mains water was not drinkable ... <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.herald.ie/news/hundreds-more-homes-w...g-water-3200429.html">www.herald.ie/news/hundreds-more ... 00429.html Get Brewing !

Beer Cleaner Than Water 13 years 10 months ago #2

jamesm Offline Posts: 1562	Water in DLR is a bit dodgy looking of late - ever since it was switched off for a few hours at the weekend. Whatever about beer - but its bad when you have to leave a glass of water to settle.

Beer Cleaner Than Water 13 years 10 months ago #3

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&quot;Partridge9&quot;:anjce163 wrote: Back in the day - hospitals used to serve low strength beer to drink as the mains water was not drinkable ...

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Get Brewing ![/quote:anjce163]
It's the safest food product/beverage there is, kept many a poor bugger alive when the water was undrinkable.
It also formed an important part of the diet of many in times past.

Beer Cleaner Than Water 13 years 10 months ago #4

eoinmag Offline Posts: 2784	Yep, that's why brewing was always womens work, they made the table beers that everyone drank in lieu of safe water.

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