[Sca-cooks] I Tried a Medieval Diet, and also watered wine

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

I am not any kind of a medical/biological expert, but there's at least one
study that indicates that watered wine inhibits bacterial growth:
http://www.ijaaonline.com/article/S0924-8579(05)00193-7/abstract
(You would have to pay to read the full article--actually, a detailed
Letter to the Editor--but the first page is visible and informative.)

Brighid ni Chiarain

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:31 AM, Stefan li Rous <stefanlirous at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> This article also brings up a question I’ve wondered about.
>
> Beer was safer than water because you had to boil the water to make the
> beer, which killed a lot of the possible nasties.
>
> But how is watering wine safe?  Is the alcoholic level of wine really high
> enough to kill off the same possible nasties?
>
> Like small beer, watered wine might prevent you from getting drunk, but
> would it be safe to drink?
>
> Thanks,
>    Stefan
>