Fermenting Resistance & Resilience: Women Homebrewing in Times of Conflict

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This article originally appeared in the 4th Quarter 2026 issue of Zymurgy Magazine

By Frances Tietje-Wang

Frances Tietje-Wang examines how women have used fermentation to nourish families, earn income, preserve cultural knowledge, and sustain communities through colonization, apartheid, Prohibition, war, and other periods of political suppression.

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