https://zythophile.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/was-water-really-regarded-as-dangerous-to-drink-in-the-middle-ages/
Zejména pak:

"Of course people will drink water whenever they have the opportunity. A fresh source of cool water will always be the preferred choice for any human being. After all, our bodies instinctively know that there is nothing more isotonic than water.

But I think the discussion is somewhat mislead or rather mistimed. First of all I be...
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Zejména pak:

"Of course people will drink water whenever they have the opportunity. A fresh source of cool water will always be the preferred choice for any human being. After all, our bodies instinctively know that there is nothing more isotonic than water.

But I think the discussion is somewhat mislead or rather mistimed. First of all I believe that it was not in the middle ages that beer became a necessity – it was later in the late-Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Secondly, one has to distinct between rural dwellers and townspeople. The Renaissance peasant did not need beer as the mandatory thirst-quencher. Rather it was for special occasions or to amusement. It was the townspeople that had the dire need for beer.
In Denmark, most towns were basically just large villages up to the early Renaissance period. But in a city like Copenhagen the population grew dramatically in the 15th and 16 century. Since it was not allowed to build outside the ramparts, the concentration of people within the city limits increased significantly. This put an increased pressure on the city’s water infrastructure, both in terms of quantity and quality. In the 16th and 17th century the government (The Royal Court), attempted to improve the water supply by building trenches and pipes that brought water from the surrounding lakes and marshes to the city. But according to contemporary sources this surface water was both smelly and slimy – especially during summertime.

I do not think people were necessarily aware that the water was bad or the beer was good. But I am convinced that the people clearly preferred beer, simply because it tasted and smelled much better. And if people furthermore noted that those unfortunates that regularly drank water from the wells, often fell ill with dysentery or similar, it has hardly been a major logical exercise to choose beer instead of water.

So I would dare to say that the discussion is a little trite. Of course people would have been drinking water if they had the choice. But that choice became increasingly limited in the cities during the late Middle Ages, hence beer became important as a safe alternative. Beer lost this gained status with the introduction of a mainstream coffee and tea-culture in the 18th century and even more so with the installation of modern plumbing and waterworks in the mid-19th century."



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Jedna kultura z...tady píšou, že se pivo u nás vyrábělo z chmele a mělo dobrou kvalitu http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivo#Historie_piva_v_.C4.8Cesku ale sakra kde jsem to četl, že se přidávaly různý hovadiny jako netopýří křídla, apod.? Nevim. Každopádně, pij jen normální pivo a žádnou jinou tekutinu :-)

Jsou různý piva, i v historii byly. Nějaký kvašáky z obilí dělaly i jiný kultury. Každopádně to o Sumerech jsem netušil :-)


ty hnusnej lháři!!! Sumers...
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Jedna kultura z...tady píšou, že se pivo u nás vyrábělo z chmele a mělo dobrou kvalitu [odkaz] ale sakra kde jsem to četl, že se přidávaly různý hovadiny jako netopýří křídla, apod.? Nevim. Každopádně, pij jen normální pivo a žádnou jinou tekutinu

Jsou různý piva, i v historii byly. Nějaký kvašáky z obilí dělaly i jiný kultury. Každopádně to o Sumerech jsem netušil


ty hnusnej lháři!!! Sumerské pivo kaš bylo na rozdíl od současného piva připravováno bez chmele, který v té době ještě nebyl znám. Kaš vznikal z ječného chleba a sladu, které byly společně umístěny do velikého džbánu, ve kterém docházelo ke kvašení. Bez přítomnosti chmelu kaš nezískával hořkou chuť a pro její dodání se muselo využívat jiného postupu. Většinou se využívalo pražení chleba v horkém popelu, či přidáváním zelené hořčice, či sezamových semínek.


První zpráva o chmelu na českému území se objevila v 8. století.

In the Middle Ages, beers tended to be of a very low alcohol content (small beer) and were commonly consumed as a safer alternative to untreated water. Each village tended to have one or more small breweries with a barley field and a hop garden in close vicinity.[citation needed] Early documents include mention of a hop garden in the will of Charlemagne's father, Pepin III.[2][3] However, the first documented use of hops in beer as a flavoring agent is from the 11th century.[citation needed] Before this period, brewers used a wide variety of bitter herbs and flowers, including dandelion, burdock root, marigold, horehound (the German name for horehound means "mountain hops"), ground ivy, and heather.[4]


The first documented hop cultivation was in 736, in the Hallertau region of present-day Germany, although the first mention of the use of hops in brewing in that country was 1079.
Corran, H.S. (23 Jan 1975). Purchase Used: A History of Brewing. Vermont Canada: David and Charles PLC. p. 303. ISBN 0-7153-6735-8.



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EDIT: DC - 26.01.2015 22:30:37

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