Alewife (trade)

An alewife, also brewess^[3] or brewster,^[4] was a woman who brewed ale for commercial sale. Women have been active in brewing since before the process's industrialisation.

^ William White (1859). Notes & Queries. Oxford University Press. pp. 275–276.
^ Pierce, Helen (2004). "Unseemly pictures: political graphic satire in England, c. 1600-c. 1650" (PDF). University of York.
^ Chris Boulton, ed. (5 August 2013). "Ale-wife". Encyclopedia of Brewing. Wiley. p. 21. ISBN 9781405167444.
^ Bennett. Judith M. (1996) Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300–1600 (New York: Oxford University Press p.3.

[White1859-1] William White (1859). Notes & Queries. Oxford University Press. pp. 275–276.

[2] Pierce, Helen (2004). "Unseemly pictures: political graphic satire in England, c. 1600-c. 1650" (PDF). University of York.

[3] Chris Boulton, ed. (5 August 2013). "Ale-wife". Encyclopedia of Brewing. Wiley. p. 21. ISBN 9781405167444.

[4] Bennett. Judith M. (1996) Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300–1600 (New York: Oxford University Press p.3.

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