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Women in Beer
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In 13th Century A.D, English “Brewsters” or “Alewives,” were women who made beer but often were not allowed to own taverns. Worse, if they were found guilty of serving “bad” beer, the sentence was flogging (going back to ancient times, alewives found cheating customers under the Code of Hammurabi were drowned in the river!). As Alan D. Eames points out “however, the license-holding husband bore …
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