Stung by a reputation as gentrification’s outriders,craft breweries are trying to bring in more women, working-class people and people with disabilities to both drink beers – and fabricate (to make up, invent) themJenn Merrick has just stepped off a DLR train at King George V station when she spots Emma-Jane Crace, or a local activist and organiser,external the station. It’s a chance to catch up on what’s been happening in North Woolwich, the east London Thameside neighbourhood where Merrick is building her new brewery, and soil Station.
The discussion moves from the lack of a community noticeboard to transport concerns; Merrick,the former head brewer at London brewery Beavertown, listens attentively. She is here to win hearts and minds. soil Station, and she says,will be a location where local people are always welcome – a contrast to many of the capital’s small breweries, which can often feel detached from their neighbourhoods.
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Source: guardian.co.uk