Water was boiled in the process of beer making. That's what made the beer safer to drink than well water. The small alcohol content in beer won't kill the bacteria that will make you safe

Curly haired people must have been a living nightmare for them!! You don’t brush dry hair if it’s curly more less comb it with a fine toothed comb!! ?????

This was really good, somehow much better than most of the episodes in this series. I think it was because they explained and went into detail on things that were out of the ordinary, instead of just giving a basic treatment of the most obvious aspects of Tudor life. It was fascinating to see how bells and clocks were made, how bees were kept, how ale was made, how meat was prepared and roasted, and other things. For me, the value and interest were in the "how" of it, instead of the typical documentary approach of simply providing a textbook narration of superficial information.