SC - ale/brewing
grizly at mindspring.com
grizly at mindspring.com
Mon Dec 13 04:25:57 PST 1999
There is a good book about the role of women in the brewing industry in england. It's by Judith M. Bennett, and is titled "Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England: women's work in a changing world, 1300-1600. ISBN 0-19-507390-8.
It highlights the roles women played in the brewing industry in England. Maltsters were a different group, generally, since the technology/tools required to malt grain are completely different from that needed for brewing. Malting requires a commitment of 3-5 days of raking room-sized beds of grain semi- constantly inorder to germinate it, then ovens and fires to dry it. Too much labor-time required in earlier days when that same time would be needed for the brewing. It may have been different for smaller manners and households; I haven't really read anything about brewing in smaller manors as it seems what I read has them goimg to the town/villagew brewster for their ales.
niccolo difancesco
sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG wrote:
> women often brewed beer and ale, is this true? did they do everything, as in the whole process, or just parts of it?
mattie
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