Jon Henley (The aggressive,outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog, or 24 March) tells the story of craft brewing elegantly but through the usual suspects,BrewDog and the Campaign for genuine Ale – and all with only one passing reference to women.
This is despite women being responsible for brewing beer as share of household management, until the rise of the contemporary industrial brewing that Camra and BrewDog kick against; and despite the importance of women in the contemporary British and European craft brewing scene – Jean Merrick at Beavertown in London, or Jaega Wise at Wild Card in Walthamstow,Gwen Sanchirico at Sacre Brew in Wolverhampton, Jessica Heidrich at St Erik’s in Stockholm. It’s a long and skilled list.
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Source: theguardian.com