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  • It’s largely a myth that ancient and medieval people brewed beer for lack of fresh drinking water, kind of like the “spices were for eating rotten meat” myth. People have always known how to find fresh water or preserve meat.

    The main reason people have always brewed beer and wine is because they’re good. Small beer was in fact made for funsies.

    And, interestingly, in certain places and times there was also a cultural reason as drinking those was higher status than water which was “for commoners.”