The spontaneous the unbidden
\nSo minded for to brew
\nWith the patience and discretion
\nIn what they really do
\nThe predetermination
\nAnd whimsicality
\nThe indispensability
\nThe superior force we see<\/p>\n
Such enthusiasm clearly
\nAnd dedication too
\nUnprompted with initiative
\nTo create that wondrous brew
\nStrong minded and decisive
\nPurposeful they be
\nAble with such fortitude
\nTo create prosperity<\/p>\n
5000 years an age beyond
\nPurpose one might say
\nEach a goddess in their right
\nWho had come to know a way
\nOf blending barley and hops
\nAnd boiling water every time
\nOf adding dates and honey
\nBoth Magickal and divine<\/p>\n
Clearly desireability
\nIn demand for sure
\nWise women using fruits and herbs
\nAll out of the store
\nIn the settlement of Godin Tepe
\nIn what is now Iran
\nArcheologists found traces
\nOf ales made in a pan<\/p>\n
Those canals the water
\nSadly was polluted through and through
\nAnd it was discovered that beer was good
\nAnd thus Healthier for you
\nIt was from the fermentation
\nStagnsnt water was rank
\nTrue ale was satisfying
\nWhen everybody drank<\/p>\n
The malted grains the honey sweet
\nThe dates that gave the edge
\nNinkasi was a goddess who brewed
\nThey do allege
\nWomen in high places
\nCreated their own brew
\nWith chosen herbs and wildness
\nAnd everybody knew<\/p>\n
It was healthier and it felt good
\nAn abundance of true taste
\nTo eat and drink one’s beloved fill
\nA bellyful in haste
\nThe distinction and the flavour
\nThe mainstay of each brew
\nWomen and alewives made it
\nWholesome and so true<\/p>\n
They used the best ingredients
\nAnd made it in the home
\nKilling the bacteria
\nIn cauldrons they did own
\nTheir recipes protecting
\nThe secrecy abroad
\nSo many were enlightened
\nAnd loved their dark reward<\/p>\n
Mesopotamia labourers were each
\nRewarded they
\nHad their pots of special ale
\nEvery single day
\nIt quenched their thirst
\nAnd made them feel
\nLight headed with great joy
\nEach to his own from barley grown
\nBy each boy they did employ<\/p>\n
The church took umbrage gradually
\nOf the women making ale
\nBlending herbs and honey
\nShould be for the male
\nAnd abbeys soon became the place
\nWhere beer was Blended well
\nThe monastic orders and all that
\nUnder another spell<\/p>\n
Craft beer though the answer
\nNeeded dexterity
\nWomen were more resourceful
\nWith flexibility
\nThey understood that harmony
\nWas the good go between
\nIt was all about vibrations
\nThat would never contravene<\/p>\n
Thought nor the audacious
\nIts promise to engage
\nTo underwrite and to insure
\nThe wisdom of the age
\nThe joyfulness the adherence
\nTo create the mental state
\nThe empathy and understanding
\nWhich they seemed to create<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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