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Generally Medieval people had access to clean water and drank lots of it. Ale was a cheap and tasty way to consume grain & provide drinkers with nutrients, carbs, proteins. But they didn't drink it just as a replacement for bad water. https://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/people-drink-water-middle-ages/ http://www.jbsumner.com/blog/2011/08/small-beer-to-you-perhaps/ https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2017/01/02/the-myth-of-medieval-small-beer/ http://zythophile.co.uk/2014/03/04/was-water-really-regarded-as-dangerous-to-drink-in-the-middle-ages/ https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/05/medieval-europe-why-was-water-the-most-popular-drink.html https://leslefts.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-great-medieval-water-myth.html https://fakehistoryhunter.net/2019/09/10/medieval-myths-bingo/#nobodydrankwater https://history.howstuffworks.com/medieval-people-drink-beer-water.htm https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1svj1q/how_did_people_esp_european_townsmen_get_fresh/ce1r5xw/ https://www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispelling-some-myths-dirty-water-drink-beer https://medievalmeadandbeer.wordpress.com/mythbusting-medieval-brewing-preconceptions/ https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pwp/tofi/medieval_english_ale.html
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