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Beer Cleaner Than Water 13 years 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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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