Ancient brewers tapped antibiotic secrets (beer arts)

Emory University ^ | August 30, 2010 | eScienceCommons

[decimon]

So, have we any antibiotic beer today?

[decimon]

Head up ping.

[Jewbacca]

Beer ping.

[Lurker]

Beer is good for you ping.

[Jewbacca]

“So, have we any antibiotic beer today?”

Not on purpose. Bacteria in beer = bad beer.

I don’t know what the common types of yeast produce.

[Crooked Constituent]

I was perscribed Tetracycline by my dermatologist for acne treatment. It worked very well except now there are commercials on TV asking if I would like to participate in a class action lawsuit against the drug maker. I don’t care what the side effects are/were, it greatly improved my life.

It would have been nice to administer through beer instead of pill form.

[Flightdeck]

This is no secret. Dilluted beer (just enough to still be hydrating) was the drink of choice in 17th-18th century England, to prevent disease.

[frogjerk]

[aeonspromise]

alcohol is an antiseptic..

[Kenny Bunk]

Secrets? Have any of these contentious boffins ever stopped to consider that all of this may have been a happy brewing accident; that our ancestors were smart enough to recognize the results without getting into microbiology?

OTOH, our forebears (five, I raise you one) were subject to a host of mysterious plagues and epidemics on a regular basis. Maybe some of their brewing accidents had less than these happy results.

I'd be more impressed if our ancestors had figured out Malaria, or Typhus on a shorter schedule.

[PGR88]

I was perscribed Tetracycline by my dermatologist for acne treatment. It worked very well except now there are commercials on TV asking if I would like to participate in a class action lawsuit against the drug maker. I don’t care what the side effects are/were, it greatly improved my life.

My wife spent her early years in Communist China, where tetracycline was passed around like candy for any illness. I don't know of other side-effects, but it tends to make bones ie) teeth, gray and discolored. You can clearly identify someone in their 30's and 40's from the generation having what they call "tetracycline teeth."

[OneWingedShark]

Further proof that beer is good for you.

[Pylon]

Nubian Angelz

[SunkenCiv]

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[colorado tanker]

I wonder if this might convince my wife that beer is really medicine and good for us?

[SuzyQue]

Could be an interesting thread.

[knews_hound]

Beer and health related ping !

Beer is good for you and it makes you smart.

After all, it made Budweiser ;>)

Cheers,

knewshound

[decimon]

Could be an interesting thread.

Just be careful what you say to these drunkards. ;-)

[SuzyQue]

Ah, but they’re healthy drunkards.

And, of course for even more reasons to drink beer, there’s this one from last week:

Study: Moderate Drinking Helps Middle-Aged and Older People Live Longer

Updated: Friday, 27 Aug 2010, 3:48 PM CDT
Published : Friday, 27 Aug 2010, 3:48 PM CDT

AUSTIN, Texas — Moderate drinking, about one to two drinks per day, reduces mortality among older and middle-aged adults, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/study:-moderate-drinking-helps-middle-aged-and-older-people-live-longer-08272010-ktbcw