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Re: Red wine or white ?

Originally Posted by Percy Vere ->
Why on earth not? The alcohol in the wine makes a perfectly good disinfectant.
surely wine is not sufficiently high in alcohol content to qualify?!
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Re: Red wine or white ?

Originally Posted by AnnieS ->
surely wine is not sufficiently high in alcohol content to qualify?!
As I understand it alcohol was the only safe drink until Victorian times. Most people drank ale with a very low alcohol content rather than risk water.
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Re: Red wine or white ?

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As I understand it alcohol was the only safe drink until Victorian times. Most people drank ale with a very low alcohol content rather than risk water.
Yes, `small beer` was drunk, even by children because the fermentation process killed off any bacteria. The alcohol content was negligible.
 
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