Between exploding eyeballs and stealing everything in sight, Saint Brigid was busy having miraculous brew days and turning water into ale. An 11th-century poem attributed to her quipped that she viewed heaven as a giant lake of ale with people drinking it down for “all eternity.” Ale and brewing played a critical role in medieval… Continue reading A Goddess, Druid, and Nun Walk into a Brewery: Saint Brigid and Other Stories from Medieval Ireland