@Sheril The parts about brewing being "woman's work" and women being forced out of the profession (just as with programming in the 1950s, and many more) as men took over is well-documented, but the witch iconography connection is less certain: https://braciatrix.com/2017/10/27/nope-medieval-alewives-arent-the-archetype-for-the-modern-pop-culture-witch/