Real Women Drink Beer: Ancient Women Brewmasters

In ancient Peru, women made the beer

Archaeologists reconstruct last days of a pre-Inca brewery

An ancient brewery from a vanished empire was staffed by elite women who were selected for their beauty or nobility, a new study concludes.

My favorite quotes from the article are:

"Our analyses indicate that this specialty brew was a high-class affair,"

and then there's this:

"There's a lot of equality in terms of how men and women drink in the highlands of Andes," deFrance said. "Women will get as rip-roaring drunk, if not more so, than men."

Read the full story from MSNBC here: article

PNAS A drinking vessel recovered from the Cerro Baúl site shows ornate designs on the front and back, including the face of a divinity.