Witches & Beer; a Weird History
How the modern image of the witch was influenced by early European beer production
4 min readOct 20, 2019
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
This is one of the most famous lines in English literature, said by the trio of witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The play was first performed in 1606, but the idea of witchcraft in…