I also don’t have sources to hand, but I’m informed by my brewing+chemist friends that the amount of alcohol in beer is not sufficient to sterilise the liquid.
however the people of ancient times weren’t wrong… beer is sterilised (and thus safe to drink) - it’s because to make beer, you have to boil the mash. The boiling sterilises it quite effectively.
I also don’t have sources to hand, but I’m informed by my brewing+chemist friends that the amount of alcohol in beer is not sufficient to sterilise the liquid.
however the people of ancient times weren’t wrong… beer is sterilised (and thus safe to drink) - it’s because to make beer, you have to boil the mash. The boiling sterilises it quite effectively.