/oss/taxonomy/term/2332/all en /oss/article/did-you-know-history/monks-and-beer <p>In the Middle Ages much of beer brewing was carried out by monks. Water is a source of many disease causing organisms which cannot survive in alcohol. Trial and error demonstrated that beer drinkers were much less likely to get sick than water drinkers. Monks must have been a happy lot.</p> Thu, 11 May 2017 00:58:54 +0000 OSS 2432 at /oss