Witches, Alewives, and Beer History with Dr. Christina Wade (Ep. 27)

Connections have been drawn between Medieval female brewers and our modern day image of witches, from pointy hats to cauldrons, and black cats to broom sticks. The story gets passed around that modern iconography of witches comes from these Medieval alewives. But is there any truth to these stories? Beer historian Dr. Christina Wade has the answers.