Yes, beer was safer than water in many places, especially on ship
voyages. If you check the trivia facts written by the Pilgrims on the
Mayflower, you will find that one of the main considerations for landing
at Plymoth Rock was that they had run out of beer and had to use WATER.
In other places, watered down wine was prefered to unknown water. Even
today in many major cities (yes even Mexico even if politically
incorrect to say so) it is safer to NOT drink from the public water
supply.

Charles


Greg > wrote in news:ncTCe.1489$Qi4.233381
@news20.bellglobal.com:

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>
> By the way, weren't alcoholic beverages drunk for health reasons? Even
> today, drinking water is dangerous in much of the world.
>
> Greg
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