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The word "alewife" is first recorded in England in 1393 to mean "a woman that keeps an ale-house", synonymous with the word "brewster". [5]"Alewife" is now commonly used in translations of ancient texts to refer to any woman who brewed and sold ale dating back to the beginning of recorded history.
[38] [39] Finnish legends include the story of Louhi in the Kalevala, a woman who brewed beer by mixing bear's saliva with honey. Raugutiene, was a Baltic and Slavic goddess, who was the protector of beer. Alan D. Eames, a beer anthropologist, wrote an article in 1993 stating that the Norse Vikings, allowed only women to brew their ale. [15]
The Pink Boots Society was founded during a 2007 cross-country trip taken by Teri Fahrendorf, which she documented on her blog "The Road Brewer."Fahrendorf had recently left her position as brewmaster at Steelhead Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon, and wanted to visit the breweries of her professional peers and brew with them, meet more brewers, and visit her aging relatives.
After decades of commercials aimed at young men starring beer-chugging bros and scantily clad women, beverage industry giants are changing their approach. Beer giants have lost big by ignoring ...
Reflecting on the role of women in brewing, Nxusani-Mawela said “The biggest stereotype is that brewing and beer are only for men. I am changing this notion by employing mainly women to help introduce more women into the industry.” [11] Traditionally, up to the 18th century, beer was brewed primarily by women. [18] "Like in any other ...
International Women's Collaboration Brew Day (IWCBD) is an annual event that takes place each year on International Women's Day (8 March). [1] The event gathers women brewers around the world who brew a beer around that year's theme. [2] It was established to raise awareness of women in the brewing industry, especially as beer brewmasters. It ...
Beer isn't the only thing that has kept her alive and well, A Chicago woman named Urcille Brown is celebrating her 100th birthday -- and Urcille says that her secret to longevity is simple ...
Sisters Do and Tessel de Heij started brewing beer as a hobby in their kitchen in 2013. This grew into a business and the company was officially founded in 2015. [2] An important motivation behind the sisters' decision to start the company was to break gender stereotypes in the beer world and to make beer more accessible to women, as beer is often culturally more associated with men than women.