SC - Lenten fasting...

[Jenne Heise]

> Yep. The restrictions for fasting are in regard to eating, or, rather,
> not eating. Doesn't say nuthin' 'bout drinking, especially when some
> ales and beers were specifically mashed for their dextrins rather than
> for fermentables. In short, there's a distinct possibility these people
> weren't so much drinking an alcoholic beverage as drinking "liquid bread".

In some cases I think they may have been drinking 'small beer' also, at
least when fasting, which would have been very low in alcohol. (Small beer
is only fermented for a few days.)

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