Every voice has an impact and the more breweries that make a noise, the more change we can create.” Jake Clark and Alex Miller during the Brave Noise brew at Herald Street Brew Works in Victoria, BC (Molly Jane Photography) Tessa Gabiniewicz of Land & Sea Brewing along with Jake Clark and Alex Miller during the Brave Noise brew at Herald Street Brew Works in Victoria, BC (Molly Jane Photography) “We want to show our employees, as well as our larger community, our commitment to doing better, both within our own four walls and within the industry. “This collaboration was important to us because bringing awareness to the issues within our industry is important to us,” said Sara Parsley, COO at Persephone Brewing. Gibsons’ Persephone Brewing was one of the first Canadian breweries to join in the collaboration. It also created a dialogue and has edged out some space for us to collectively move our industry forward to be safer and more inclusive, and to begin to truly live the values that we so commonly speak to as a standard in beer.Īyla Diebel, Brewer at Persephone Brewing We were no longer alone and the collective helped create some safety and support in the sharing. The result of that casual post was an opening of floodgates as women from across the industry, and across the globe, came forward to share their own experiences.
This important moment in beer was instigated by an Instagram post made by Brienne Allan, formerly a brewer at Notch Brewing in Massachusetts, when she posted to her personal account some frustrations around how she was treated in the industry and asked others if they had experienced sexism in the industry. This past year saw these questions finally become a matter of public discourse rather than one held in hushed tones between the underrepresented minorities in craft beer. But what happens when someone other than a straight-presenting, cisgender man walks into the beer world? What does the industry look like to someone from a marginalized community? What are their experiences? And is the industry discrimination-free?
Beer has long been declared the “every man’s drink” - without pretension, suitable for all, and easy-going.
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