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Fermentation allowed fruits and grains, which would usually spoil and go to waste if not utilized in a timely fashion, to be preserved in liquid form. Also, when clean drinking water wasn't available, such as in 17th century England, a weak ale was drank by all (including children) because it was sterile.

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