An addition to the drinking water issue

[NorthernRaider]

Well NR, you are correct about the theory but your dates are off by about 5,000-8,000 years.

No I'm not I'm talking about British culture and its small population and agrarian society only suffered for water born issues on relatively small scale issues cept for plague outbreaks. It did not beome an issue in Britain until the industrial revolution.

[Grumpy Grandpa]

I thought 'small beer' was produced in medieval times and long before, in our agrarian society, as an alternative to often-polluted water sources? This was known - perhaps just forgotten in the rush to the cities during industrialisation?

[bigpaul]

I thought 'small beer' was produced in medieval times and long before, in our agrarian society, as an alternative to often-polluted water sources? This was known - perhaps just forgotten in the rush to the cities during industrialisation?

yes GG, that's what I was told too, they drank ALE because the water was polluted, I think BEER came a lot later when hops arrived?

[NorthernRaider]

Ta muchly GG, Anyway regardless of its history can we say that preppers should consider Brewing as another useful tool to ensure we have enough safe liquid to drink.

[Grumpy Grandpa]

Ta muchly GG, Anyway regardless of its history can we say that preppers should consider Brewing as another useful tool to ensure we have enough safe liquid to drink.

I reckon we definitely should NR - ease the workload on the Berkefeld filters a bit!

[Scythe13]

Viking drank beer for the same reason.

Brewing is simple enough. Making it palatable is the real trick!

I'm a wine man myself, but I am thinking about Kombucha. Ancient Egyptian rulers (can't spell phaeroes properly, so rulers will have to do haha) use to drink it and proclaim it as being from the gods. Ancient Chinese loved Kombucha too.