I don’t think sake could serve the role beer did, historically. Certainly in medieval Europe, they made what today would be considered a weak beer yo drink for basic hydration. That was by far the easiest way for them to ensure the water was safe to drink.
I’m pretty sure if you tried that with sake, you’d die
That was by far the easiest way for them to ensure the water was safe to drink.
Actually, the alcohol in beer isn’t concentrated enough to kill off most microbes. Even yeast doesn’t die off until you start getting >13%, and there’s varieties of yeast that can tolerate twice that concentration.
The reason why beer was safer to drink than water is because the brewing process requires it to be boiled. Beer was preferrable to boiled water due to taste and because it provided an extra source of calories
TootSweet@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Counterpoint: sake.
MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I don’t think sake could serve the role beer did, historically. Certainly in medieval Europe, they made what today would be considered a weak beer yo drink for basic hydration. That was by far the easiest way for them to ensure the water was safe to drink.
I’m pretty sure if you tried that with sake, you’d die
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 months ago
Sake is basically the same thing as beer (fermented starch), I don’t see a reason why it wouldn’t be possible to brew a weaker sake.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Tea tried to replace beer in Europe and everybody almost died of malnourishment.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Actually, the alcohol in beer isn’t concentrated enough to kill off most microbes. Even yeast doesn’t die off until you start getting >13%, and there’s varieties of yeast that can tolerate twice that concentration.
The reason why beer was safer to drink than water is because the brewing process requires it to be boiled. Beer was preferrable to boiled water due to taste and because it provided an extra source of calories