My wife does a *deadly* summer brew of ginger beer in just a few jars and bottles, so I agree that most steads won't need anything so sophisticated as a brewery.
Peter:
>Cider and ale sound like the province of Ernalda the Steadwife (maybe
>Durev, too) and are likely produced at every stead.
I'm sure many farmers have Minlister as a subcult. Something so basic as brewing ale (a primary foodstuff), won't necessarily need a cult at all, just as all Orlanthi and not just Barnatari can plough. Of course, there will be prayers and libations to the Brewer God or to the Goddess.
>Distilling is apparently also done
Imported from the Empire perhaps?
> So our average stead is probably not powerful enough to have
>a brewer; they mostly drink ale and cider. Does that sound right?
Sounds right to me.
>* Sartar has hops; I'm sure of it.
This has surfaced several times on the Digest, so much so that I humorously lampooned hops as part of 'technology creep' in the 'trickster' essay: http://home.iprimus.com.au/pipnjim/questlines/trickster.html
I personally regard hops as an unnecessary anachronism. YGMV. :)
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