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The FemAle Brew Fest in Fort Lauderdale this weekend will celebrate women in brewing
September 16 2021
The FemAle Brew Fest in Fort Lauderdale this weekend will celebrate women in brewing
September 16 2021
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Beer Needs Women: In Fort Lauderdale, FemAle Brew Fest Spotlights Untapped Potential September 16 2021 |
The FemAle Brew Fest — South Florida's annual beer festival celebrating women in the brewing industry — will return to Fort Lauderdale this fall.
The female-centric beer festival, launched in 2017 and entering its fourth year — having missed 2020 owing to COVID-19 — will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 18, at the newly opened Kimpton Goodland Hotel. This year, the festival continues its mission to highlight women in brewing with an expanded lineup and the option to have your very own "beercation." Read more >> |
Remember the old boys’ club—schmoozing on the golf course, doing deals over scotch and steak, ladies need not apply? Well, it’s still in business, and in some ways more exclusive than ever: 60 percent of male managers in the U.S. now say they’re “uncomfortable mentoring, working alone, or socializing” with a female colleague—a 32 percent increase since the rise of the #MeToo movement.
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The Queens of Beer
At a recent South Florida craft-beer festival, assistant brewer Katherine Castro was tapping kegs behind the M.I.A. Beer Company tent when a man approached her. He asked if she were the girlfriend of a brewer. “Hell no,” Castro recalls telling him. “I’m with M.I.A., and I’m representing the brewery.” ... READ MORE |
1st-ever ‘Fem-ale Brew Fest’ comes to South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - When it comes to making beer these days, sisters are most definitely doing it for themselves. More and more, women are taking an active role in the craft beer universe. That movement will be celebrated in the 954 this weekend, and Deco’s got a preview of the frothy proceedings ... READ MORE |
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South Florida's Female Brewers Are Featured at FemAle Brew Fest
Women have been brewing beers since the days of ancient Egypt, where it was considered a woman's job. In Germany, it was a nun who discovered hops would help give beer a longer shelf life. And, in medieval England, women were responsible for brewing beer for their family and land workers to swig throughout the day ... READ MORE |
FemAle Brew Fest
South Florida’s first EVER beer festival celebrating women in the brewing industry on Memorial Day Weekend (May 28, 2017) in Fat Village Art District. A craft beer festival for ALL beer lovers (men included)…It will host a large selection of Female run Breweries plus various vendors, music and a selection of artisanal food pairings from local female run establishments ... READ MORE |
South Florida Group Launches Nation's First Women-Only Beer Festival
This Memorial Day weekend, local beer lovers can raise their glasses to toast something truly inspiring: the women behind the nation's craft beer movement. On May 28, the local women's advocacy group the Fem Collective will present the FemAle Brew Fest, what event organizer and Fem Collective CEO Frances Antonio-Martineau calls not only South Florida's but also the country's first craft beer festival celebrating women in the brewing industry ... READ MORE |
FemAle Brew Fest’ Bills Itself As the First All-Female Beer Festival
Next month, Fort Lauderdale, Florida will host the FemAle Brew Fest – billed by organizers as the first craft beer festival celebrating women in the brewing industry. Frankly, it’s a big claim in our modern craft beer culture where on any warm Saturday you can’t fling a bottle cap without hitting a beer fest. But first or not, FemAle’s point is certainly well taken: Women rarely seem to get their due in a beer culture dominated by male brewers ... READ MORE |
All-female craft beer festival coming to Florida
Women in the beer industry are banding together Memorial Day Weekend for the country's the first FemAle BrewFest in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The event will highlight female beer experts and brewers in the industry. At the festival, presented by women’s advocacy group Fem Collective, you can expect beer tastings, art, food from local female-owned restaurants, and live music, according to the festival website ... READ MORE |
Announcing South Florida’s First Ever Beer Festival Celebrating Women in The Brewing Industry
Fort Lauderdale, March 8, 2017 – Fem Collective presents FemAle Brew Fest – South Florida’s first EVER beer festival celebrating women in the brewing industry on Memorial Day Weekend (May 28, 2017) in Fat Village Art District. The FemAle Brew Fest will host a large selection of Female run Breweries plus various vendors, music and a selection of artisanal food pairings from local female run establishments ... READ MORE |
FemAle Brew Fest to celebrate South Florida's female brewers
Raise a toast to the women of craft beer. FemAle Brew Fest, will serve up local flavors in Fort Lauderdale’s FAT Village on Sunday, May 28. Early-bird tickets, which cost $20 to $35, are on sale through April 20, when prices increase to $25 to $40. Designated drivers will be charged $10 ... READ MORE |
South Florida to host first all-female craft Beer Festival
First we’re kind of amazed that something like this has never taken place before – and no, you don’t have to be a female to enjoy what they’ll be serving! On May 28th the Fem Collective, south Florida-based women’s advocacy group will reportedly be presenting the FemAle Brew Fest (great name!), the nation’s first craft beer festival that celebrates women in the brewing industry ... READ MORE |