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If I recall, it was common to pour your wine out and water it down, at least in Rome. I think this was mentioned on the Tasting History YouTube channel. Small beer is also a thing, think of beer with even less ABV than lite beer. That was more a thing later on in the middle ages though, and it was beer that everyone, including kids could drink with their meals.They unfortunately do have a point here. Wine circa whenever BC was far closer to grape juice than what we would consider wine today. It was barely alcoholic and was commonly drank because other water sources were often not that sanitary
It's too bad I can't really find it here in states. I've been curious to try some small beers out to see how they taste, but I don't think they're too different in taste from your typical ales.