Originally Posted by
McBTC
As far as beer being better than water (quote, above)... I would have to say maybe if you've had the daily minimum requirement of water in that, you can live without beer but you can't live without water and drinking nothing but beer wouldn't help - you'd die of thirst.
Nah, one can hydrate quite adequately with beer. If you’re thinking of the diuretic effect of ethanol, it’s weak and shuts off under even slight dehydration.