[Sca-cooks] Ale was A college class... on Coffee

[Johnna Holloway]

Actually there's a woman's history aspect here--
Check out Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a 
Changing World
by Judith Bennett.
Women brewed and sold most of the ale drunk in medieval England, but 
after 1350, men slowly took over the trade. By 1600, most brewers in 
London--as well as in many towns and villages--were male, not female. 
Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England investigates this transition, asking 
how, when, and why brewing ceased to be a women's trade and became a 
trade of men.

Johnnae

Bill Fisher wrote:

>snipped
>In the case of the alehouse, it is probably a matter of
>economics.  
>
>1.  You make ale
>2.  People like your ale.
>3.  Ale is a pain to ship
>4.  having a place where you can sell your ale and people can 
>drink it there, mans you don't have to ship it
>5.  having social meetings there as well means people drink more
>ale.
>
>The alehouses evolved into the public house later, or pub.
>Cadoc
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