Comments on: Women and Beer – Wine or Liberation http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/30/women-and-beer-wine-or-liberation/ This blog is about beer and life. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:40:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Al http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/30/women-and-beer-wine-or-liberation/#comment-8894 Al Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:08:06 +0000 http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/30/women-and-beer-wine-or-liberation/#comment-8894 Thanks for that information, Elaine. Fascinating stuff. Thanks for that information, Elaine. Fascinating stuff.

]]> By: Elaine Saunders http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/30/women-and-beer-wine-or-liberation/#comment-8882 Elaine Saunders Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:02:44 +0000 http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/30/women-and-beer-wine-or-liberation/#comment-8882 These women were known as brewster wives or ale wives Elaine Saunders Author: A Book About Pub Names www.completetext.com These women were known as brewster wives or ale wives

Elaine Saunders
Author: A Book About Pub Names
http://www.completetext.com

]]> By: Elaine Saunders http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/30/women-and-beer-wine-or-liberation/#comment-8881 Elaine Saunders Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:58:13 +0000 http://hop-talk.com/2008/03/30/women-and-beer-wine-or-liberation/#comment-8881 Brewing was once thought similar to baking and, thus, was considered women's work. In the 11th and 12th Centuries water was unsafe to drink so women made enough beer for their own families. Those with a particular talent sold the excess around the village, the profits buying some independence for single or widowed women. By the 15th Century, when the Brewers Livery Company was formed, the trade was dominated by women, some of whom owned large breweries. They also ran inns with more home comforts and even medical help which were well patronised. An industry that put women in a position of power soon gathered its share of disapproval and, laws were put in place to stop them working in alehouses. By the 16th Century women had lost their hold on the trade and would not play a significant part again until the First World War when they replaced the male workforce Brewing was once thought similar to baking and, thus, was considered women’s work. In the 11th and 12th Centuries water was unsafe to drink so women made enough beer for their own families. Those with a particular talent sold the excess around the village, the profits buying some independence for single or widowed women. By the 15th Century, when the Brewers Livery Company was formed, the trade was dominated by women, some of whom owned large breweries. They also ran inns with more home comforts and even medical help which were well patronised. An industry that put women in a position of power soon gathered its share of disapproval and, laws were put in place to stop them working in alehouses. By the 16th Century women had lost their hold on the trade and would not play a significant part again until the First World War when they replaced the male workforce

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