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Medieval hardships (lemmy.world)
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[-] Liz@midwest.social 18 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago

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

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

Same with the famous pirate rum.

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