Comments by "Simon Nonymous" (@Simon_Nonymous) on "Medieval Myths DEBUNKED" video.

@ragnkja great answer - add hops to ale and you get beer! Which is why Jason mentions ale, not beer, here. If you trust Wikipedia, hopped ale or beer only started appearing in the late mediaeval period, and took some time to grow in common useage in England. Hopping ale uses the antibacterial qualities in hops that makes it last longer, hence less frequent large scale brewing became practical. I think. Possibly.
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@matiasvarpanen9203 it was made from barley malt most of the time as it's a clever way of getting sugars out of the grain. However the product might not look like modern clear ale/beer; the Anglo-Saxons sometimes called ale "liquid bread", so there might be a degree of cloudiness in it.
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@ragnkja even more fascinating - thank you!
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