What do you mean "was"?

Supposedly there was a time when drinking beer was often safer than drinking water from available sources, including for children. I guess there are levels

	▲	onlypassingthru 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They didn't make Arnold a saint for nothing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_of_Soissons
	▲	AngryData 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		A lot of it was weaker small beer though too, like 1-2%.