A Woman's Place Is in the Brewhouse: A Forgotten History of Alewives, Brewsters, Witches, and Ceos

Biographical Note:
Tara Nurin is the beer and spirits contributor to Forbes and an adjunct Beer 101 instructor at Wilmington University. The former major-market TV news reporter has been the Libations columnist for New Jersey Monthly, the women-in-beer columnist for Ale Street News, and the cohost of the What's on Tap weekly beer TV show. Her work has been published in more than fifty newspapers, magazines, and digital platforms such as Food + Wine, USA Today, and Wine Enthusiast. She is certified by the Beer Judge Certification Program and serves as a frequent expert and host in the media and in educational programming. She lives outside of Philadelphia, PA. Teri Fahrendorf is an American brewer and founder of the Pink Boots Society, an organization that supports women in the brewing industry. She is notable for being one of the first women in the craft brewing industry and her brews have been widely awarded from organizations such as Great American Beer Festival and the Brewer's Association.


Review Quotes:
"Tara Nurin has written one of the more novel and, indeed, necessary beer books of the past few decades. It was an eye-opener to learn about a segment of the brewing past that's often overlooked or simply outright ignored. I highly recommend this read to anyone serious, or even just curious, about beer." --Tom Acitelli, author of The Audacity of Hops: The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution and PILSNER: How the Beer of Kings Changed the World


Review Quotes:
"This book is the key to the queendom. If you like women, beer, and history, as I do, then find a comfortable chair and pour yourself a tall frothy glass of fermented barley juice. The adventure you're about to embark on will open your eyes to the forgotten history of women and their role in the greatest civilizing event in history: beer." --Teri Fahrendorf, Pink Boots Society founder, from her foreword


Review Quotes:
"You may or may not have heard of Ninkasi, the Sumerian goddess of beer. You must become familiar with Tara Nurin, the goddess of contemporary beer writing. Tara has been an award-winning writer of beer and the business of beer for Forbes for years. She knows how to grab your attention with fascinating stories in short pieces. With the unlimited space of a book, her story becomes interesting, compelling, and comprehensive." --Pete Slosberg, founder of Pete's Wicked Ales and author of Beer for Pete's Sake


Review Quotes:
"A timely, fascinating, and incisive reminder of what has always been true but too often ignored: women are every bit as core to the beer industry as their male counterparts. Tara Nurin's deeply reported and lovingly told tale underscores that a woman's place isn't only in the brewhouse but across every inch of the beer industry." --Josh Noel, author of Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out


Review Quotes:
"Tara Nurin shines a much-needed spotlight on the 'herstory' of beer during a time of reckoning and self-reflection in our industry. From Mesopotamian women with cauldrons to modern-day brewery owners like myself, Tara effortlessly captures the evolution and importance of women in beer over thousands of years on the pages of this captivating read!" --Natalie Cilurzo, co-owner and president, Russian River Brewing Company

Review Quotes:
"A very insightful book highlighting the relevance of women in the brewing industry in Africa and around the world." --Peace Onwuchekwa, brewer, Bature Brewery, Nigeria

Table of Contents:
Foreword
Time Line
Introduction
1 The Rebeginning
2 Planting the Seed
3 Rainbows End down That Highway
4 The Hymn to Ninkasi
5 The Birth of Beervana
6 Of Goddesses and High Priestesses
7 Decentralization
8 Brew Like an Egyptian
9 The Great Eastward Migration
10 What's Past Is Prologue
11 Relax, Have a Homebrew
12 It's a Sahti Paati
13 Slow Food, Slower Beer
14 B(eer) Is for Barbarians
15 The Last of the First Craft Brewery Women
16 The Fatherland
17 Boom and Bust
18 The Image of the Journalist as Wallflower at the Orgy Has Been Replaced by the Journalist as the Life of the Party
19 Alewives Unflattered
20 Beer's Bridge over Troubled Water
21 Strange Brew: Did Renaissance Brewsters Practice Fermentation . . . Or Witchcraft?
22 These Boots Are Made for Brewing
23 Coming to America
24 From the Back Office to the Boardroom
25 Rivers of Lager Flow Toward Temperance
26 The Customer Is Sometimes Right
27 Prohibited from the Halls of Power No More
28 Big Boss Ladies and the Family Ties That Bind
29 Don't Worry, Darling, You Didn't Burn the Beer
30 Beyond Beards, Beyond Breasts
31 It's a Woman's World After All
32 Raging Bitches
33 That's Right, the Women Are Smarter
34 Sisters Are Brewing It for Themselves
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index


Publisher Marketing:
- North American Guild of Beer Writers Best Book 2022