Did children drink beer in the middle ages?

Yes and no. Or, depends on what you think of as beer. In Northern Europe, brewing was a regular household task until industrial breweries began to eclipse the tradition. Several brews were made with the same mash. read more

It seems beer was thought of as an essential element in a healthy diet, especially for children. No one would have been drinking strong beer on a daily basis, and given the differing attitudes to children in the middle ages, they probably wouldn't be "wasting" the best brew on the young ones. read more

Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Richard W. Unger. Some lines from the excerpt of the book: Modern beer, however, has little in common with the drink that carried that name through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. read more