FlashGordan
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Since the Translator note asked.
In medieval society (and for most of civilized history) basically everyone drank beer including children. It was generally very weak beer 1-3% alcohol content but it was healthier than the often unsanitary water and was a relatively cheap source of caloric intake to boot. It's really only recently with improved sanitization, steadier sources of food, higher alcohol content, and improved understanding of the effects of alcohol that the west started age restricting it.
Russia, for instance, still considered beer a soft drink akin to soda with no age restriction until 2011 and there are plenty of places that still exist where the age restriction on beer does not exist or exist only on paper.
There's a rather interesting documentary on the history of beer available here if anyone is interested. https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/how-beer-saved-the-world/
In medieval society (and for most of civilized history) basically everyone drank beer including children. It was generally very weak beer 1-3% alcohol content but it was healthier than the often unsanitary water and was a relatively cheap source of caloric intake to boot. It's really only recently with improved sanitization, steadier sources of food, higher alcohol content, and improved understanding of the effects of alcohol that the west started age restricting it.
Russia, for instance, still considered beer a soft drink akin to soda with no age restriction until 2011 and there are plenty of places that still exist where the age restriction on beer does not exist or exist only on paper.
There's a rather interesting documentary on the history of beer available here if anyone is interested. https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/how-beer-saved-the-world/
