Some people are trying to make a lower-alcohol, salty beer that would be a real sports-recovery drink.
Anyone here have experience with old-country low-alcohol everyday beverages like sima, kotikalja, kvass, etc? Europe used to have a grand tradition of these low-alcohol "near-beers" or "malt beverages" that people would drink on the farm. They were hydrating and had a lot of the health benefits of above, but since the ethanol was low I'm not sure what effect they had on cardiovascular health.
Also, the Romans and others down south in Europe used to water their wine heavily -- they drank a larger volume through the day but kept ethanol ingestion moderate. I wonder what the health ramifications were.
Some people are trying to make a lower-alcohol, salty beer that would be a real sports-recovery drink.
Anyone here have experience with old-country low-alcohol everyday beverages like sima, kotikalja, kvass, etc? Europe used to have a grand tradition of these low-alcohol "near-beers" or "malt beverages" that people would drink on the farm. They were hydrating and had a lot of the health benefits of above, but since the ethanol was low I'm not sure what effect they had on cardiovascular health.
Also, the Romans and others down south in Europe used to water their wine heavily -- they drank a larger volume through the day but kept ethanol ingestion moderate. I wonder what the health ramifications were.