{"id":27830,"date":"2022-03-08T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/?p=27830"},"modified":"2022-03-08T14:21:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T22:21:32","slug":"international-womens-day-march-8th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/international-womens-day-march-8th-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women’s Day: March 8th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 8 is International Women\u2019s Day and more than 35 BC breweries are brewing up a special beer to showcase women as well as inclusion and diversity in the craft beer industry in BC.<\/p>\n

Back in 2013, the thought of women gathering together all over British Columbia to brew a special batch of beer seemed like such a daunting task. After all, you could count on one hand the number of women brewing beer in BC! In that year, the now annual Pink Boots Collaboration Brew was launched in the U.S. with the idea of creating a Women’s Day Brew as a way to provide awareness of women in the brewing industry. It also became a fundraiser for the Pink Boots Society where scholarships were created to help educate more women to get into the industry.<\/p>\n

British Columbia took part in 2015 when Claire Wilson, who at the time was the owner and head brewer of Dogwood Brewing in Vancouver, hosted the sole Collaboration Brew in the province. Since then it has become an annual event with more and more breweries hosting Women’s Day Brews and more and more women getting involved in the industry.<\/p>\n

Due to ongoing Covid concerns this year, there was not a lot of full-scale collaboration between breweries and the community, but BC still has 20 Pink Boots Collaboration Brews being released during March and April along with at least 15 other\u00a0 International Women’s Day releases in all areas of the province.<\/p>\n

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Farm Country Brewing is hosting eight breweries and their unique beers for the IWD tap takeover. Photo: Farm Country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Women in Langley’s Brewing Community take the lead!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This is Year Two for\u00a0 Farm Country Brewing<\/a> hosting an International Women’s Day event challenge where women at each of the Langley breweries were asked to collaborate on a small-batch brew for a tap takeover at Farm Country on March 8.\u00a0 There are eight unique beers and all proceeds will be donated to the Ishtar Women\u2019s \u00a0Resource Society\u00a0<\/a>in Langley. The doors open at 12:00 pm, and many of these beers will be exclusive to this event.<\/p>\n

This year Locality Brewing<\/a> collaborated with some of the women from the Barley Merchant Taproom<\/a> and brewed up a “No Bull” 6.7% ABV Milkshake IPA, so expect to have the beer available on one of the taps there, and it will also be coming out in cans.<\/p>\n

Once again, the team of KPU Brewing <\/a>Diploma students under the guidance of instructors Nancy More and Martina Solana Bielen hosted their Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day on Feb. 11, 2022. Also joining on brew day was KPU alumna Ashley Brooks, QC manager at Four Winds Brewing,<\/a> and Kristina Mameli from The Growler BC<\/em><\/a>. The KPU Brew team decided to create a Hibiscus Rose Brut Ale in honour of recently retired dean, Dr. Betty Worobec, who led the way in creating Kwantlen Polytechnic University\u2019s (KPU) Brewing & Brewery Operations Diploma, the first and only program of its kind in BC. Aptly named Betty Boots, the beer is available in cans at KPU and on draught at the Farm Country event.<\/p>\n

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The KPU Brew P team decided to create a beer in honour of recently retired dean, Dr. Betty Worobec, aptly named Betty Boots! Photo: KPU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is a list of the breweries pouring at Farm Country Brewing on March 8:<\/h4>\n