OCR GCSE History B · J411
Paper 1
Revise: Living conditionsSmall beer, a weak drink brewed from barley, was an important alternative. Heating water during brewing could kill germs and make the finished drink safer than polluted water. This was a practical benefit of the brewing process, not an application of germ theory.
- Revise: Changing living conditions
Beer with a very low alcohol content, widely drunk in early modern Britain; heating during brewing helped make it safer than contaminated water.