Nuns & Beer

Beer Ladies Podcast

It’s St Brigid’s Day in Ireland and we’ve covered her before (S1E14) -but this week we thought we’d give a nod to the other monastic women in brewing, by honouring the nuns that brewed like (and with!) monks. Particularly, we focus on Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century German Abbess who is responsible for many things, including the first (surviving) written history of the use of hops in beer. She sits alongside St Brigid (albeit unofficially) as the patron saint of beer!

Also, listen to what Christina and Lisa have been up to. Books! Blogs! All the things!

What we’re drinking:

• Rascals - Cold IPA
• Lucky Saint NA Unfiltered Lager

Links:

• Female Monstacism in Medieval Ireland by Tracy Collins - https://www.corkuniversitypress.com/9781782054566/female-monasticism-in-medieval-ireland/
• Hildegard of Bingen: Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen
• Hildegard of Bingen and music: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/06/hildegard-of-bingen-composes-the-cosmos
• Beerstory 101: Hildegard of Bingen - https://bc.thegrowler.ca/features/beerstory-101-st-hildegard-of-bingen/
• Meet Hildegard of Bingen: https://bust.com/meet-hildegard-of-bingen-the-most-important-medieval-intellectual-that-youve-never-heard-of/
• Beer & Brewing dictionary: Hildegard of Bingen - https://beerandbrewing.com/dictionary/HylpeImJ4Z/
• Christina’s epic jumper from Closet Brewing (women owned, based in Edinburgh): https://www.closetbrewing.com/merch

Beer Ladies Links:

• All the beerladies links: linktr.ee/beerladies
• Preorder Christina’s book: The Devil’s in the Draught Lines - https://shop1.camra.org.uk/product/the-devils-in-the-draught-lines-1000-years-of-women-in-britains-beer-history/
• Lisa’s Pub Guide: https://www.weirdodublinpubs.com/
• Thandi’s (occasional) blog: http://www.craftgeeksa.com/

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