books.google.com - Until the eighteenth century or even later, beer was the staple drink of most men and women at all levels of society. Tea and coffee were expensive luxuries while water might well carry disease. To supply the needs of both owners and servants, every country house with an accessible source of water had...http://books.google.com/books/about/Country_House_Brewing_in_England_1500_19.html?id=04OBa1tqjt0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCountry House Brewing in England, 1500-1900
