Role Description____________________________________
In the Middle Ages you could not drink the water because it would make you sick. People drank fermented beverages (even children) because the alcohol created in the process killed bacteria. Brewers were members of a guild. Men (brewers) brewed beer, but by the late middle ages, were replaced by women (brewsters) who brewed ale.





Keywords______________________________________________________

beer	ferment	beverage
mead	hops	brewster
ale	drink

Print Resources_________________________________________________

Title	Location	Call Number	Pages
Dictionary of the Middle Ages	Reference	REF 940.1 DIC	v.7, p.276-279
Encyclopedia of the Medieval World	Reference	REF 940.1 ENC	v.1, p. 427
Medieval England	Reference	REF 942 MED	p. 395
Medieval Life	Daily Life	940.1 Lan	p. 28
World Book	Encyclopedia Case	REF o31 WOR	v.11, p.348

Web Resources__________________________________________________

Suggested Databases:
Thomson Gale: Student Resource Center Gold; History Resource Center-World

Web Sites:
The Medieval Knight Knights and Armor Arms and Armor in the Late Middle Ages