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Ever gotten a bad case of gastroenteritis from a restaurant that made you swear never to go back and even turned you off an entire style of cuisine for, at leas
by beloch 2y ago
Ever gotten a bad case of gastroenteritis from a restaurant that made you swear never to go back and even turned you off an entire style of cuisine for, at least, a little while?
A few brushes with bad water might have given folk a strong preference for beer, just to be on the safe side, even if most water was safe.
- wqaatwt 2y agoYet same wouldn’t apply to stale beer that went bad after a few days or weeks?
- larsga 2y agoNo, it wouldn't. It's very difficult to produce beer where harmful organisms can multiply. Post-fermentation it's an extremely difficult environment for most organisms.
- poloniculmov 2y agoBrewed beer can get yeast or bacterial infections, especially if you cannot refrigerate it and don't have the means to sanitize recipients.
- larsga 2y agoYes, it can. But infections by harmful organisms is very difficult to achieve. The common spoilage organisms in beer are all harmless to humans. Here's a good overview http://mmbr.asm.org/content/77/2/157.long http://mmbr.asm.org/content/77/2/157.long Just the hops alone stop pretty much all gram-positive bacteria except Lactobacillus and a few other harmless ones.
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