The name Dames and Dregs may mean nothing to most people though those whom attended the first female powered brewing festival in Atlanta will most likely be hearing it on an annual basis. For, it is the title of the first ever festival to showcase the female presence in the brewing industry. As such, the festival focuses attention on women and craft beer.
Aimed at the empowerment of the female population in Atlanta, the festival presented different craft brews created by female brewers at local and regional breweries. In addition to the selection of craft beers, a discussion on brewing and business also took place. According to one brewer, Zuri Coleman from Atlanta's Second Self Brew house, the festival provided a nice escape from the majority of city festivals and events organized and produced by the bro culture.
Dames and Dregs and females working in the brewing industry in Atlanta and elsewhere are showing the importance of a presence in craft brewing. In fact, a national organization known as the Pink Boots Society is a group of females involved in the brewing industry. While there were only sixteen members initially when the group was founded in 2007, membership has now grown to over twenty four hundred nationwide. As such, females from all over America have shown a clear interest in becoming more involved in the industry over the last decade.
Another interesting aspect of these female brewers is the name given to the products which are created. For example, one double IPA is titled Sufferin Till Sufferage, a brew created by two female brewers from different brew houses, Zuri Coleman of Second Self and Christine Stevens of New Realm Brewing Company.
When Coleman first started working at Second Self in 2015, there were very few females working in the industry. Now, more female brewers than ever before are working in local and regional breweries. As a result, Atlanta now has enough female brewers that it has established a local chapter of the Pink Boots Society.
One establishment, the Porter Bar which opened in Atlanta in 2008 fulfilled a long time dream for co-owners. For, the two always had a dream to provide a drinking establishment which would draw as many women as men. In order to meet such goal, the co-owners maintain a stock of over 800 beers, including a few micro-brews and beers crafted by female brewers.
It is believed that the lack of a mature craft and micro-brew scene in the city has been extremely beneficial to women interested in the business. For, since the majority of bars and restaurants still primarily serve corporate beer, women actually have a better chance of getting product to market in Atlanta than in other areas.
While challenges still exist, one of the most important is to get more of the female population to at least taste, if not drink, craft and micro-brews. For, while most males are accustomed to drinking corporate brews, females tend to focus more on mixed-drinks and wine. As such, women now working in the industry are working hard to come up with different types of craft beer and associated titles which will garner the interest of the female population, not only in Atlanta but around the world.
Aimed at the empowerment of the female population in Atlanta, the festival presented different craft brews created by female brewers at local and regional breweries. In addition to the selection of craft beers, a discussion on brewing and business also took place. According to one brewer, Zuri Coleman from Atlanta's Second Self Brew house, the festival provided a nice escape from the majority of city festivals and events organized and produced by the bro culture.
Dames and Dregs and females working in the brewing industry in Atlanta and elsewhere are showing the importance of a presence in craft brewing. In fact, a national organization known as the Pink Boots Society is a group of females involved in the brewing industry. While there were only sixteen members initially when the group was founded in 2007, membership has now grown to over twenty four hundred nationwide. As such, females from all over America have shown a clear interest in becoming more involved in the industry over the last decade.
Another interesting aspect of these female brewers is the name given to the products which are created. For example, one double IPA is titled Sufferin Till Sufferage, a brew created by two female brewers from different brew houses, Zuri Coleman of Second Self and Christine Stevens of New Realm Brewing Company.
When Coleman first started working at Second Self in 2015, there were very few females working in the industry. Now, more female brewers than ever before are working in local and regional breweries. As a result, Atlanta now has enough female brewers that it has established a local chapter of the Pink Boots Society.
One establishment, the Porter Bar which opened in Atlanta in 2008 fulfilled a long time dream for co-owners. For, the two always had a dream to provide a drinking establishment which would draw as many women as men. In order to meet such goal, the co-owners maintain a stock of over 800 beers, including a few micro-brews and beers crafted by female brewers.
It is believed that the lack of a mature craft and micro-brew scene in the city has been extremely beneficial to women interested in the business. For, since the majority of bars and restaurants still primarily serve corporate beer, women actually have a better chance of getting product to market in Atlanta than in other areas.
While challenges still exist, one of the most important is to get more of the female population to at least taste, if not drink, craft and micro-brews. For, while most males are accustomed to drinking corporate brews, females tend to focus more on mixed-drinks and wine. As such, women now working in the industry are working hard to come up with different types of craft beer and associated titles which will garner the interest of the female population, not only in Atlanta but around the world.
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