Mar 3, 2018
March 3, 1634 Watering Hole
March 3, 1634 Watering Hole
Despite seemingly inexhaustible supplies of pristine drinking water, colonists to the New World were first and foremost Englishmen, every one of whom understood that drinking water could make you deathly ill. The connection between sanitation and the boiling to make beer was ill understood, but everyone knew. Those who drank beer and ale didn’t get sick, and the brewhouse was an indispensable…
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