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Olga Zubrzycka, founder, owner and Head Brewster of this Bethnal Green brewery lead a team of women, all customers and others associated with the brewery. Last year\u2019s theme was \u2018foraging\u2019 so Mechanic brewed a Brown Baltic Porter with seaweed and oak chips. The theme this year was \u2018Tribute\u2019 and Olga chose to recognise Queen Mary\u2019s Rose Garden in Regent\u2019s Park and the beauty of flowers in general. The beer was a champagne pilsner flavoured with rose petals, rose water and white chocolate called Rose Garden Bubble Bath. It was available in both cask and keg. CRATE BREWERY<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Crate celebrated International Women\u2019s Day over the weekend\n5 to 8 March with a tap takeover featuring beers brewed by female brewers and\nbreweries led by women. Their website contained the following message: \u2018it\u2019s no\nsecret that in recent history, beer has been marketed as a man\u2019s drink and the\nindustry has been dominated by men. Whilst 25% of people working in brewery\nbusinesses are women, according to a 2018 report from SIBA, the proportion\nfalls to 6% among brewers. The craft beer movement has done a lot to modernise\nthe trade but there\u2019s still a long way to go to attract more women into\nbrewing. Only 17% of women drink beer at least once a week compared to 53% of\nmen, according to a 2018 report\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J D WETHERSPOON<\/p>\n\n\n\n JDW joined in the celebrations with a festival of beers\nbrewed exclusively by female brewers from the UK and overseas. There were all\nsorts of beers: new, seasonal and speciality. This included vegan and gluten\nfree beers. Some were brewed exclusively for the festival. The beers from UK breweries included: Monty Python\u2019s Dead\nParrot (Black Sheep Brewery), Jekyll and Hyde (Vale Brewery), Silkie Stout (Loch Lomond), Candlemaker (Sambrook\u2019s Brewery), Sweet\nMolly (Wadworth Brewery), In the Nic of Time (Shepherd Neame Brewery) and Queen\nof Hearts (Bath Ales). There were also beers from Canada,\nItaly, New Zealand, Australia\nand the USA.\nThe female brewers include Belinda Gould, Lisa Matthews, Hayley Oaks, Steph\nCope, Janet Tailby, Sara Barton, Georgina Young and Dawn Baldry, as pictured\nbelow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rob Davies from JDW who organised the event, commented, \u201cThe festival will be celebrating female brewers from the UK and overseas. It will allow us to showcase their excellent beers. We are promising our customers a range of beers from overseas together with some great beers from brewers across the UK. The festival will be the perfect way for real ale enthusiasts to enjoy a range of beers over 12 days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n To enable customers to taste as many beers as possible, they\nwere available in special third-of-a-pint glasses at three for the price of a\npint. Tasting notes were available in the pubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The festival dates were suppose to be from the Wednesday 25 March to Sunday 5 April but unfortunately the pubs are currently closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Compiled by Tony Hedger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the last few years, the brewing industry has celebrated International Women\u2019s Day (this year on Sunday 8 March) by holding the International Women\u2019s Collaboration Brew Day. 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Clive Troubman (Brewery Liaison Officer)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-9.png\")
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