Podcasts about brienne allan

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? And if French women scream at the top of their lungs for acceptance, respect, and change, does anyone listen? That's the question freelance writer Anaïs Lecoq set out to answer in her piece for Good Beer Hunting titled “Pas Encore — French Women Are Sick of Waiting for Their Beer Revolution,” which was published on October 20, 2022. In the piece, Anaïs describes the pervasive avoidance the French beer scene has towards conversations about sexual harrassment, violence, and assault when such conversations are initiated by women. When they do occur, they almost always end in litigation, ensuring that the current culture of fear, trauma, and repression continues to be the status quo. In fact, in our conversation today, she says the entire reason she wrote the piece is due to the fact that despite publishing an open letter signed by hundreds of women working in the French beer scene, they were met with virtual silence and apathy. What will actually get people to listen and make change, she wonders? I find myself wondering the same thing. You're about to hear what she thinks it will take, as well as a recent bombshell she hopes might trigger a #MeToo movement similar to the one Brienne Allan instigated in the United States in 2021. However, Anaïs' hope is clouded by pessimism when we discuss how even those efforts, once promising, have fizzled. Actions may start with words, but they shouldn't end there, and she describes what actions need to be taken in order for the fledgling French beer scene to grow in such a way that everyone is valued. Let's listen to what has happened, what's happening, and what she thinks is about to happen. 

One of the most famous brewers in the world and a leader in the #MeToo movement in craft beer, Brienne Allan is a Beer Person's Beer Person. Hear how she got into beer, how she became an activist, and how @ratmagnet became her Instagram handle. Snazzy theme music by Beer Person Gerry Mayer, check out more of his tunes here Artwork by the illustrious Lotus of @lotiecreates

Welcome to A Woman's Brew, where women talk about beer! We are making a Brave Noise – both physically and by brewing the beer! If you haven't heard about Brave Noise, it is a global collaboration beer started by Brienne Allan. It started as a question: “Have you ever experienced sexism in the beer industry?” This opened the flood gates to reports of not just sexism, but racism, homophobia and sexual assault within the beer industry and community. To honour those that have spoken out and to try to have a safer, more inclusive beer industry, the Brave Noise collaboration was born. To take part breweries must submit their code of conduct and make this publicly available to staff and consumers. They must also commit to doing the long term work of building a more inclusive industry and make a donation to an appropriate charity or non-profit that reflects the mission of the collaboration. We were honoured to be asked by Merakai Brewing Co to be part of their Brave Noise brew – not only brewing the beer with them but also expressing why the cause is so important to us and helping to choose the non-profit partner to receive funds from the sale of the beer. We chose The Coven Brewsters Wellness Officer initiative. These with be trained staff that will attend beer events and festivals to help, support and act as witness for attendees. In this episode we talk to the whole of our Brave Noise Team: Emma O'Neill-Parsons @merakai_brewing Bex Morton @bexdrinksbeer Emmie Harrison-West @beerwomxn Kimberly Owen @craftbeerpinup Leeann Craven @craftbeer_redhead Ranjana Cartwright @ranji86 And shout out to Rebecca Price (@beerme_becky) who couldn't make it. The beer has SOLD OUT from the Merakai website already but check out their socials to find all the local stockists who have supported the cause and grab yours from there. If you would like to learn more about Brave Noise and encourage your favourite brewery to take part check out the website here: www.bravenoisebeer.com And if you want to find out more about The Coven Brewsters, check out episode 53 where we talked to their founder Pip here: https://youtu.be/SMa0MYerabw Get in Touch: Email: lovebeerlearning@gmail.com Website: http://www.lovebeerlearning.co.uk Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lovebeerlearning Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovebeerlearning Tori: @adventures_in_hoptimism Joanne: @awomansbrew. Facebook Group: Women's Pint Club Join the mailing list: https://www.subscribepage.com/v5c0a7 Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/lovebeerlearning Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LoveBeerLearning Subscribe: · iTunes · Spotify · Sounder · Google · Stitcher · TuneIn Watch: YouTube Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Beer Me likes to get nerdy, about cask beer, hops…but this week we are taking a deep dive into safety. The landscape of the beer industry is changing and will continue to evolve to be more inclusive. With this change, spaces that beer inhabits need to be safe (taprooms, breweries, bars). Amie Ward, a hospitality veteran, and Safe Bars trainer joins the show to talk about how to intervene in an unsafe situation and why training, like Safe Bars, is vital in this industry. Hear more about the beer industry confronting sexual harassment and discrimination:Listen to the episode #notme with Brienne Allan.Trigger Warning:  we discuss instances of assault and unsafe situations in this episode.

Brienne Allan became a household name in the beer industry last year, when she inadvertently sparked a reckoning against sexism in beer that quickly went global. Her face and words were featured everywhere from Imbibe to the Boston Globe, Eater, right here at Good Beer Hunting, and her Brave Noise initiative with Ash Eliot was named Brewbound's Cause of the Year for 2021. But now that nearly a year has gone by, what's changed? For starters, Brienne left her home at Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts, something she'd never envisioned doing until she became a worldwide phenomenon. Part of that decision was due to the sudden, and often scary, visibility she had to confront as a public face of social justice and change, which forced her to quickly figure out who she could talk to and who to trust. But even in the darkest times, she describes pockets of joy and hope that shifted her perspective about craft beer, but ultimately kept her within its space in order to keep driving positive change. Today, Brienne and I talk about the past year—what she's learned, how she's changed, what she wants people to know, and what she's looking forward to. Later in the conversation, we're joined by her fiancé and partner Michael Fava, who shares his reaction to the reckoning as well as some of their future plans as business owners. You'll hear an exclusive announcement about that business (yes, it involves Lagers), and why we shouldn't expect the name Brienne Allan to go away anytime soon. We finish with a conversation about the current reconciliation plans for Mikkeller, which she calls a “huge breakthrough” as the first-of-its-kind effort to acknowledge, apologize, and atone for past sins. The dust hasn't settled yet, but with the help of people like Kate Bailey, Fanny Wandel, Ash Eliot, and more, Brienne's path forward is becoming slightly more clear.

It's a wrap! 2021 has come to an end and a wild ride it was. In this episode, I share with you the milestones achieved and recap the Top 10 Most-Listened-to Episodes. Thanks for being a listener! Top 10 - Most to Least: # 107 - On Making Change F'ing Happen! with Brienne Allan & Ash Eliot # 78 - On SELL. MORE. BEER. with Taphandles LLC # 87 - On Bringing Your Draft System out of Hibernation with Micro Matic # 93 - On Boosting Taproom Sales with Secret Hopper # 106 - On Strong Foundations & Integrity with Wild Goose Filling # 75 - On Hop Contracts with Yakima Chief Hops (YCH) # 110 - On Yeast Care & QC Practices with Imperial Yeast & BruSciences # 74 - On 0.0% Alcohol with Hairless Dog Brewing # 92 - On Coloring Outside the Lines with Naked Brewing Co # 79 - On Embracing Community with the Northeast Grainshed Alliance Cheers! and #beermightythings

Beer writer Tara Nurin is the official historian of the Pink Boots Society, an organisation created in 2008 to assist, inspire and encourage women working in the beer industry.Tara's new book – A Woman's Place Is in the Brewhouse – celebrates the contributions and influence of female brewers and explores the forces that have erased them from the brewing world.Its publication is very timely with the beer industry having had its #metoo moment in recent months, led by Brienne Allan, a brewer based in Massachusetts who encouraged other women to share the stories of sexism and abuse they've suffered in the craft beer and brewing industry.This is certainly not an American problem. We've recently seen a survey conducted by a group of Australian women calling themselves the Beer Agents for Change, which found that 38% of people who work in the beer industry have been abused or harassed, and 90% of the people who reported that type of conduct were female.So it's in that context today that we hear from Tara about her new book.And coming up after that, you'll meet Briony Leibich, an Australian specialising in sensory analysis and expert tasting for beer, wine and food.Briony has worked as a sensory specialist for some time now, most recently at the West End Brewery in Adelaide.Since West End shut down earlier this year, Briony has focused on her own sensory consultancy called Flavour Logic.I asked Briony how she found her way into this profession.

For this Happy Hour, we revisit the #MeToo movement in the brewing industry with Orpheus Brewing's take on Brave Noise, a collaboration project started by Brienne Allan and friends to raise awareness and create action. Join us to learn how you can get involved! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

When men align with other men who hold positions of power, they are better able to access the privilege associated with that power. This includes things like having direct access to high-profile people, job opportunities, high-profile assignments, and rewards at work. Homosocial behaviors provide men with ways to develop relationships with other men in positions of power, to their benefit. There are many ways these behaviors show up in workplaces, but they tend to result in employees tolerating and even accepting bullying, sexual harassment, discrimination, and exclusionary behaviors. Organizational banter is a great example of this and generally includes verbally attacking colleagues under the guise of “joking” to maintain dominance over others. It also involves making sexist jokes or derogatory comments based on people's identities that diminish a person's self-esteem and perceived value. When leaders remain silent, they sanction these behaviors, which also validates the people who engage in them. This can create an entire workplace culture that is hostile toward women.    A good example of this is the craft brewing industry. In May of this year, NPR reported that Brienne Allan, a brewery worker, went to Instagram to complain about sexual harassment in her workplace and thousands of other women – and a few men – chimed in with their stories including offhanded, rude comments, sexual violence and sexual harassment, as well as racism from owners and superiors. The Craft Brewing industry is being forced to reckon with the sexism, racism and sexual assault allegations.   On today's episode we are joined by Founder and Executive Director of Infinite Ingredient, Katie Muggli, who has been in the hospitality industry for over 20 years, with five years specific to the craft beer industry. Kate founded Infinite Ingredient to actively support the mental and physical well-being of individuals working in the craft beverage industry through outreach, education, and access to resources.  She shares her story and reflects on the 'me too' movement and its ripples through the craft beer industry.  

This past May, Brienne Allan kicked off a reckoning within the craft beer community in regards to sexual harassment and discrimination. Brienne joins the show along with LeBaron Meyers, President of NotMe Solutions. #Notme is a reporting platform for those who have experienced or witnessed racism, harassment, discrimination and misconduct. “Craft beer is in a liminal phase…an in-between” said Bart Watson of the BA during last week's Craft Brewers Conference. There has been a call to action, and the industry is certainly responding. 

Host Ben Rice travels to Urban Roots Brewing in Sacramento, CA, to speak with beer journalist and author Tara Nurin about her new book (out now on Chicago Review Press - use promo code BarleyAndMe25 to receive 25% off) A Woman's Place Is In the Brewhouse: A Forgotten History of Alewives, Brewsters, Witches and CEOs, as well as co-host of KRSO's Brew HaHa drive time radio show, Herlinda Heras, and the founder of the Women's International Beer Summit, Melissa McCann. We talk Tara's exhaustive research and travel for this book, the shockingly overlooked and underreported number of women involved in the founding of the modern American craft beer movement, Brienne Allan's hard push for equality in the craft brew space, and some interesting beer history. Plus! Herlinda's tremendous resume outside of beer, Melissa downplays her involvement AGAIN, and Tara tracks down the unfindable. All this and more, on episode 154 of Barley & Me. Enjoy!Go to www.chicagoreviewpress.com/ to purchase A Woman's Place Is In the Brewhouse. Use promo code BarleyAndMe25 to receive 25% off!Follow Tara Nurin @taranurin or go to the newly-revamped taranurin.com for more info!Check out Herlinda Heras @beergolfgirl or check out her radio show Brew Ha Ha wherever you get your podcasts or at brewhaharadio.comMelissa McCann is @obeer1kenobe on Instagram, but would probably prefer you check out www.wcfa.beer or follow @womensintlbeersummit for more info on that illustrious home brew competition and beer summit.Barley & Me can be found across social media @barleyandmepod. Email questions/comments/concerns/guest ideas/brewery ideas to barleyandmepodcast@gmail.com or barleyandmepod@gmail.comAnd be sure to learn more about the Black Is Beautiful Initiative, as featured in Episode 129 with Marcus Baskerville of Weathered Souls Brewing, at www.blackisbeautiful.beerGet your merch or make donations at www.customink.com/fundraising/black-is-beautiful-initiativeAlso, during this crisis, 100% of profits from sales of Barley & Me shirts via Zen-Threads.com will go to Another Round, Another Rally, a charity that supports front- and back-of-house members of the service industry whose wages and benefits may be affected. So grab a shirt and help a good cause and people you love! https://zen-threads.com/collections/beer-wine/products/barley-and-me-podcast-mens-crew-tee?fbclid=IwAR1G_5HJ3NCoWTRgmG6Q2PVALEiJsb1KtHClCaDli0NhsjZsc4KPmWCp_osBen is also posting #Chugs4Charity videos semi-daily on Instagram (@barleyandmepod), to help raise funds for those affected by this shutdown. You can Venmo Ben ($comedianbenrice) or hit his PayPal (@barleyandmepod) and all money will go to support the NAACP, ACLU, Black Lives Matter, and other civil rights helpers. Charities will change with the times and as emergencies arise. But the point is: all donations will go to help those who need it.Do you have a story about racism, sexism, homophobia, or transphobia in the beer industry? You can submit your story anonymously, to be read on a future episode of Barley & Me at https://forms.gle/SmDuBT3zGKxNCVZ757Intro Music: “Functional Alcoholism” by Be Brave Bold Robot (@bebraveboldrobot)Interstitial Music: "JamRoc" by Breez (@breeztheartist)Logo by Jessica DiMesio (@alchemistqueen)

I connect with the Brave Noise duo that consists of Brienne Allan (@ratmagnet) & Ash Eliot (@asheliot)! We discuss how the #metoo movement has swept the Craft Beverage Industry and what's developing since.  We uncover the resources available, the Brave Noise Beer Collaboration, putting together workplace Codes of Conduct and improving our workplaces as well as ourselves in general.  We talk about self-care and how important karaoke can be as well as how consumers can get involved. @bravenoisebeer @womenofthebevolution not-me.com #NotMe

Brave Noise is a global open collaboration spearheaded by Brienne Allan (@ratmagnet) that aims to provide awareness and create action for safe and inclusive environments in the beer industry. Brave Noise's public relations manager and founder of Women of the Bevolution, Ash Eliot, sits down with us to discuss the goal and message of Brave Noise.  For more information about the Brave Noise open collaboration, Women of the Bevolution, and how you can help support the brave voices who have shared their stories, please check out these links: www.bravenoisebeer.com www.womenofthebevolution.com Give.AnotherRoundAnotherRally.org/BevolutionFund

The last few months in the British beer industry have been tumultuous. Inspired by the brave work of Brienne Allan, Britshbeergirl – real name Siobhan Buchanan – used her instagram platform for British beer people to tell stories of sexism, sexual harassment and exploitation in the industry. Scandals rocked several much loved small breweries as well as some of the UK's biggest – including BrewDog. My guest today, Charlotte Cook, started her career there, and while she left nearly seven years ago she is still affected by the experience – feeling strong enough about the situation at the Scottish brewery to be a signatory for Punks With Purpose, a campaign group focused on holding BrewDog's owners and directors to account and ensuring positive change. Long before that though, Charlotte – now of Coalition Brewing – has been vocal about the exploitation of workers in the beer industry, and a keen advocate of unionisation. Her outspoken nature has resulted in her being interviewed on BBC Radio, and has also inevitably got her embroiled in several online spats. As is so common with grassroots movements, she never intended to become a voice for the industry but has found herself in the role because she refused to stay quiet. We talk about how that responsibility lies with her, how she deals with the abuse she receives, and what solutions there are to the problems that plague the brewing scene. We also talk about the profoundly different breweries she's worked at during her 10 year career that also includes stints at Pohjala, Cloudwater, Hammerton and Trumans, as well as her new role as head brewer at London's Coalition, the first time she's joined a brewery at the very beginning of its journey.

On May 11, Brienne Allan, a brewer from Massachusetts, turned to Instagram after a bad day at work. While she was on the job, two men had questioned her expertise, and she wondered if other women in the craft beer industry had similar experiences. It turns out they had. Thousands of stories poured in, ranging from sexism to racism to sexual assault. San Diego was mentioned more than once, and Jacob McKean, the CEO of Modern Times, stepped down amid numerous allegations. Two months later, the industry is still working on the issue. Nichole Sykes is a veteran of the industry who has written about her experiences in the Union-Tribune. Veronica Beverly works at the Tap Room and is a member of a newly formed task force.

If you follow news in the beer world, May 2021 became synonymous with the word “reckoning” as a wave of stories about sexual harassment, assault, and inappropriate behavior toward women were shared from across the country and world. Massachusetts brewer Brienne Allan was the catalyst for this, first sharing her own experiences on Instagram, then asking other women for their own stories, and amplifying their voices. This started on social media, but quickly became national news for industry publications, newspapers like the Boston Globe, NPR affiliates around the country, and beyond. Two of the writers who have extensively covered this story and its fallout are my colleagues at Good Beer Hunting, Beth Demmon and Kate Bernot. In this episode of our collective series, we'll hear from both of them about what it means to report on these kinds of stories, how to tell them fairly and accurately, and the toll it takes as someone who has to synthesize all of these traumas and relay them to readers in a journalistic way. You can read numerous stories by Beth and Kate right now on Good Beer Hunting, and there will be more in the future as reverberations continue to impact the industry and the way people and businesses seek to do better to protect others.

The brewing industry internationally was faced with a crisis last month after stories about sexism, harassment and assault from women in the US industry went viral.Notch Brewing Co. production manager Brienne Allan shared stories from women all over the US, and it quickly spread here, prompting wider discussions in the Australian and New Zealand industries about diversity, inclusion and creating safe workplaces.Australian Brews News senior journalist Clare Burnett spoke to some prominent women in the Australian and New Zealand brewing industries, including Kylie Lethbridge, general manager of the IBA, Sabrina Kunz, executive director of the Brewers Guild of New Zealand, and Tiff Waldron, president of Pink Boots Society Australia, about the issue in the AU/NZ context, and what we as an industry can do about it.Podcast with Brienne Allen of Notch Brewing in the USCheck out the Crack the Ceiling podcast with Tiff WaldronIBA members can find resources in the Health and Wellbeing section of its websiteWomen in the industry can find out more about Pink Boots Australia, which aims to support and facilitate the education of women in the brewing industry, here.The Brewers Guild of New Zealand has launched a resource page.For any suggestions, comments or queries, email any of the following:Kylie Lethbridge - kylie.lethbridge@iba.org.auTiff Waldron - tiffany@beergirlbites.com Sabrina Kunz - sabrina@brewersguild.org.nzClare Burnett - clare@brewsnews.com.auOur partnersRadio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel.Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti.If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by:Sponsoring the showReviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting serviceEmailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

The brewing industry internationally was faced with a crisis last month after stories about sexism, harassment and assault from women in the US industry went viral. Notch Brewing Co. production manager Brienne Allan shared stories from women all over the US, and it quickly spread here, prompting wider discussions in the Australian and New Zealand industries about diversity, inclusion and creating safe workplaces. Australian Brews News senior journalist Clare Burnett spoke to some prominent women in the Australian and New Zealand brewing industries, including Kylie Lethbridge, general manager of the IBA, Sabrina Kunz, executive director of the Brewers Guild of New Zealand, and Tiff Waldron, president of Pink Boots Society Australia, about the issue in the AU/NZ context, and what we as an industry can do about it. Podcast with Brienne Allen of Notch Brewing in the US Check out the Crack the Ceiling podcast with Tiff Waldron IBA members can find resources in the Health and Wellbeing section of its website Women in the industry can find out more about Pink Boots Australia, which aims to support and facilitate the education of women in the brewing industry, here. The Brewers Guild of New Zealand has launched a resource page. For any suggestions, comments or queries, email any of the following: Kylie Lethbridge - kylie.lethbridge@iba.org.au Tiff Waldron - tiffany@beergirlbites.com Sabrina Kunz - sabrina@brewersguild.org.nz Clare Burnett - clare@brewsnews.com.au Our partners Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt, who we are thrilled to announce are back supporting us for another year of conversations. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt are dedicated to providing the finest brewing ingredients to help brewers create the foundations of a truly excellent beer. Your premium brewing partner - and our premium podcasting partner - Cryer Malt is proud sponsor of this conversion and the Radio Brews News channel. Every guest on Beer is a Conversation receives a new piece of exclusive merch - a branded Yeti Rambler mug, thanks to our good friends at Yeti. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts

Welcome back to Beer with Nat. After a long hiatus, Season Four is finally here! This season, you'll hear from a beer educator, bottle shop owner, beer marketing expert, and more. And – as always – each guest is someone who works in and is incredibly passionate about the beer and pub industry. Before the new season starts though, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention what's been going on in the beer industry of late. Over the past few weeks – here in the UK, in the US, and beyond – women in beer have shown up in numbers to call out the inappropriate and sexist treatment they've been subjected to for years. The movement began thanks to Brienne Allan in the US and Siobhan Buchanan has stepped up here in the UK to help amplify even more voices needing to be heard. Despite the progress that's been made these past few years, with more women working in and drinking beer, the thousands of incidents that have been shared on social in recent weeks show just how far we have to go. Not only for equal representation, but – more importantly – for equal treatment. My goal with the Beer with Nat podcast has always been to help shine a spotlight on women in beer, in order to show how many of us there are and to help normalize our presence. So consider this season yet another reminder from me, and my incredible guests, that beer is for everyone. Check back soon for the first episode of Season Four.

Just in time for Philly Beer Week 2021, we catch up with Executive Director of Philly Loves Beer (the organization behind beer week), Christina Dowd. At the start of the show, we address the ongoing wave of reports of sexism and harassment in the beer industry. The outpouring of stories was sparked by an Instagram post by Brienne Allan, production manager at Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts – and has sadly reached into all corners of the industry, including Philly Loves Beer. Lightening the mood after a difficult, bust necessary discussion, we go on to talk about this year’s Philly Beer Week and how it will be different this time around. As COVID restrictions begin to ease, this year’s celebrations will be a combination of in-person and virtual events – including our free Love Letter to Lagers Virtual Happy Hour, more info here. Dan was absent from the beginning of the episode but was able to join us just in time for the Happy Fun Time Game, this time a mash-up called, Is There Weird in My Beer? We sipped a few brews throughout, but the focus this time around was more on the topics at hand than the liquid in our glasses. Do you love Beer Busters? Of course you do! Why not leave us a rating and review on your podcast platform of choice and consider supporting us on Patreon.

The craft beer industry is forced to confront issues it's long overlooked or flat out ignored after head brewer Brienne Allan asked the question “What sexist comments have you experienced?” on her Instagram (@ratmagnet). What followed was thousands of stories from beer industry workers about the sexism, misogyny, and sexual abuse they experience far too regularly, often times on a daily basis. Stories about working in breweries, working with distributors, and dealing with management and regulars in bars and restaurants. Terminations and resignations followed from breweries big and small. We also look at how larger beer entities like the Brewers Association have responded as well as examine how niche craft beer communities such as the Beer Advocate messageboards are reacting. Instagram: @ratmagnet https://www.gofundme.com/f/Briennelegalfees

Welcome back to Happy Half Hour! This week's special guest is Beth Demmon, a freelance writer and journalist who specializes in craft beer. Beth started writing about craft beer in 2015 and has been an advocate for diversity in the industry: She founded the Diverse Beer Writers Initiative and is a member of the North American Guild of Beer Writers. Recently, she published an article on Vine Pair about allegations of rampant sexism and harassment that have been occuring in the beer industry, and the story got national attention. The allegations were brought to light by Brienne Allan, a brewer in Massachusetts. Allan posted a question on her Instagram, asking other women who work in craft beer about sexist comments they’d gotten while on the job. The responses were harrowing—and quickly encompassed not just words, but sexual harrassment and assault as well. In her post, Allan says she was asked about her credentials while she was on site helping build Notch Brewing’s new location. Beth says comments like these are microaggressions, which are “death by a thousand cuts” that exact a toll on the recipient. She says that microaggressions against women in the craft beer industry are not only too common, but the lack of accountability and consequences for perpetrators has led to the normalization of this behavior. Beth says that the sheer volume of responses from women experiencing sexism in the craft beer industry wasn’t surprising, but the number of women willing to attach a name to their response has never been seen before. With all these allegations surfacing, the industry has been forced to take action. Some breweries are implementing third-party reporting systems. For smaller breweries that don’t have human resources departments, Beth says that even working to develop a code of conduct is better than nothing—it’s a way for a company to put their values first. She also discussed the challenges of reporting on this topic. In a report like this, one might expect the number of false allegations to be anywhere from 2 to 10 percent—but more likely from 2 to 3 percent. Beth says that even if 3 percent of the reports turn out to be false, that still leaves thousands of others that cannot be ignored, and it’s clear that something needs to change, especially in San Diego, a city that historically avoids confrontation when it comes to issues like this. In Hot Plates, Sky Deck food hall is opening on the second level of Del Mar Highlands Town Center on June 11 with 13 different restaurants and food concepts, each with their own seating area. Jay Birds, a hot chicken restaurant from Long Beach, is opening in Carlsbad. Ben and Esther’s Vegetarian Jewish Deli is expanding from Portland to the Rolando/College area. Also, voting for San Diego Magazine’s Best Restaurants 2021 has begun! Cast your vote for your favorites, then see the final list of the critic’s and readers’ picks in the September issue. In Two People for Takeout / Two People for $50, Beth’s pick is Angkorian Pikestaff in East Village for their Asian fusion and Cambodian dishes. For hot, made-to-order donuts, Troy recommends Broad Street Dough Co. in Encinitas, specifically the blueberry glazed donuts. Marie’s pick is the pasta that gets prepared in a 60-pound wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano at Bencotto Italian Kitchen in Little Italy. Noah's pick is Point Loma Fish Shop for their Thursday night oyster special and fish and chips. Kairoa Brewing is David’s pick, for their salmon sashimi topped with crunchy quinoa. Thank you for listening! As always, we want to hear from our listeners. Need a restaurant recommendation? Is there a guest you want us to book on the show? Let us know! You can call us at 619-744-0535 and leave a voicemail, or if you’re too shy, you can email us at happyhalfhour@sdmag.com. See you next week!

We were felt truly honored to have the opportunity to sit down this week with the head brewer of Notch, Brienne Allan. If you don't know Brienne's name by now (or, at the very least her Instagram handle @Ratmaget), then it's probably time to find a different cell provider. She walks us through the unintended series of events that, in a matter of days, led to an absolute tsunami of shared experiences of sexism from women working in all corners of  beer, brought the topic to the forefront of conversation of the entire brewing industry, and inadvertently bestowed her with an immense amount of assumed responsibility. Brienne's perspective on sexism in beer -- and more so, everything that had BEEN happening for far too long -- is as eye-opening and honest as it challenging and inspiring, and it would be a disservice to write more about that side of conversation when its depth is simply best heard. With that said, Brienne is a brewer before anything else, and fittingly, we find the time to talk nearly as much about lagers (Notch's expertise here has been beyond established on the podcast) as we do equality. Beer, life, and conversation are each dictated by balance, after all. Please enjoy our extremely raw conversation with one of the best brewers in the country, who just HAPPENS to be looked at as the de facto voice for eliminating misogyny. No weighty burden to see here, folks........................... .............................................................................. ........ Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill

When beer brewer and production manager Brienne Allan asked for people to share their experiences with sexism in the beer world, the response was overwhelming. Anney and Samantha look at the #MeToo movement in the beer industry.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

More pressure to end the filibuster as Republican Senators refuse to back the Jan 6 commission. More momentum for Biden’s Build Back Better infrastructure proposal. A new polls shows that a majority of Pennsylvanians support the proposal, by the way.  It was a trifecta for the climate on Wednesday. A Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its global carbon emissions by 45% by the end of 2030 in a case brought by Friends of the Earth.  Shareholder activists pushed out two of Exxon’s hand-picked board members and elected members who “pledged to steer the company toward cleaner energy and away from oil and gas.” And, shareholders at Chevron voted 61% to cut its emissions. Another proposal that would have required the company to prepare a report on the impact its business would have from the net zero 2050 scenario, lost with 48% of the vote.  ConocoPhillips has a unique solution to the melting of Alaskan permafrost on Alaska’s North Slope - refreeze the permafrost so you can drill.  A UK-based blimp company is looking to deploy hybrid airships for shorter trips between places like Liverpool and Belfast or Barcelona to the Balearic Islands. The company, Hybrid Air Vehicles, says replacing air and ship traffic with its airships could cut emissions by 90%. Half of all U.S. adults are now fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. New book finally exposes Bernie Sanders as a sham! Yes, you will not believe what this foot soldier of the ruling elite demand! When he’s on the road he demands hotel rooms with...wait for it...a KING BED and temperatures as low as 64 degrees! The hypocrite! Ladies and Gents (long pause) we got him.  Sedition Hunters, online sleuths, angry partisans and supporters of the ruling elite unearthed video footage that showed State Senator Doug Mastriano breaching police barricades & walking towards the capitol steps minutes before the building was breached on January 6th.  This latest round of reporting completely undermines the stories and statements Mastriano gave to reporters and Senate leadership in the days following the insurrection.  If that’s not bad enough, Senator Mastirano issued a statement attacking the Huffington Post for reporting on this story and reporting on the fact that he posed for pictures with Sam Lazar, an insurrectionist wanted by the FBI for using bear spray on police officers.  Mastriano compared the photos to Obama taking pictures with Bill Ayers or Louis Farrakhan. Mastriano’s statements prompted reporters to dig more into his connections with Lazar and showed that he has posed for photos with Lazar at least 5 times over the past year. Keeping up with the insurrection, Sandy Weyer, another Mastriano associate who is known as “Sedition Sandy,” was named in an FBI affidavit for entering the capitol on January 6th.   Talking about Senator Mastriano.  The Arizona Mirror, a sibling outlet related to the Pennsylvania Capital Star, reported that Senator Mastriano ordered an unauthorized audit of the 2020 election in Fulton County.  The company that conducted the audit is associated with Sydney Powell and the Stop the Steal Movement.  On top of that, they spoiled over $20,000 worth of election equipment that couldn’t be used in the previous primary.  Reps. Russ Diamond and Barabar Gleim began seeking co-sponsors for legislation that would penalize any school that teaches “critical race theory.”  Another Bucks County, PA man, Leonard Ridge, was arrested for allegedly taking part in the Jan 6 insurrection. Ridge bragged about his involvement on Snapchat. The battle of the billionaire space barons is heating up and the Senate prepares a $10 billion dollar bailout for Jeff Bezos’s “Blue Origin” after his fufus were hurt after he lost the bid to SpaceX for the moon lander.  The European Space Agency is looking to develop a GPS and communication network around the Moon to aid in Earth-to-Moon communications for future missions.  The chickens are coming home to roost in the craft beer industry. Brienne Allan, a production manager at Notch Brewing in Salem, MA asked an open-ended question on her Instagram account: Is anyone else experiencing sexist comments? As reported on Boston’s WBUR, “The answer was this cascade of experiences, flooding her private messages with a deluge of trauma. …’It escalated really quickly into people talking about sexual violence and sexual harassment, racism from owners and superiors and just how, the HR system in general is just failing people right now,’ Allan said. ‘It just escalated out of control. I have over a thousand stories up now’." The reckoning is ONLY BEGINNING. 

Earlier in May, Brienne Allan set off what some are calling the craft beer industry’s “Me Too” reckoning.  The production manager at Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts started sharing hundreds of stories of misogyny, sexual assault and workplace discrimination from women in the beer world on her Instagram.  This led to the firing of a staff member at the San Diego brewery Modern Times, whose CEO also stepped down amid allegations of mishandling complaints and creating a toxic work environment.  Though the current world of craft beer is male-dominated, for hundreds of years beer brewing was a woman’s task, and there’s even some thinking that iconography associated with witches - brooms, cats and pointy hats - may have originated from alewives.  We gather a roundtable of SoCal women in craft beer to respond to this moment in the industry and also discuss their own experiences, as well as the history of women in brewing.  Guests:  Alexandra Nowell, co-founder and director of brewing operations at Three Weavers Brewing Company in Inglewood  Ting Su, co-founder of Eagle Rock Brewery, where she also founded a women’s beer forum Laurie Gutierrez, vice president of SoCal Cerveceros, a latino-based homebrew club, where she heads up an all women brew crew; part time event representative for Sierra Nevada Brewing Company; co-host of The Brew'd Up Podcast, which focuses on homebrewing and craft beer Frances Michelle Cannon, executive director of the L.A. County Brewers Guild; she is also the associate editor sfor the craft beer news site and podcast TheFullPint; she tweets @FrannyFullPint

We break from our normal format and sit down with our very own Franny Fullpint aka Frances Cannon of The Los Angeles County Brewers Guild to dicuss "the reckoning" in which hundreds of reports surfaced of sexual harassment, sexism and sexual assault came to light. Items of dicussion include: - Reintroduction to Franny Fullpint - Why are we gathered here today? - Explaination of "The Reckoning" presented by Brienne Allan / @ratmagenet on instagram - Explaination as to why this is important to The Full Pint. - Why we've enlisted the help of Franny. - Framing up the romantic notion of the craft beer community. - The legal aspect of the workplace. - Reasons why craft breweries and their employees are in a bad position. - Things needed to be done to mitigate and eliminate these issues in the workplace. - The question of why someone would not want to report being a victim of sexual harassment, assault, and all forms of discrimination. - What can we do immediately? - What's needed for the long term? - Why does The Full Pint care about this now and why don't they cover all important issues like this? - A message to the brewing industry from Danny. And much more! We have forgone our advertisements this week and would like to share with you some important links to organizations we've mentioned on the show.  National Women's Law Center - https://nwlc.org/ Department of Fair Employment and Housing - https://www.dfeh.ca.gov/ Project When - https://projectwhen.org/resources/how-to-report-workplace-harassment-incidents/

This is not the typical BNISD you have come to know and expect. We have all read the horrific, disgusting and appalling stories that have come to light in the last week. Brienne Allan aka @RatMagnet on Instagram put up a question asking Women to share their stories regarding sexism in the workplace. Disclaimer - Yes on this episode the hosts are 3 men in the world of beer, and we believe that we can’t sit back and be silent on these issues - And neither should you. The industry has been silent for too long and the silence needs to end now. So this week we present to you this episode in hopes that more men will see that it is necessary to speak out against sexism, sexual assault, racism, LGBTQ+ hate and stand with survivors, support survivors and be a part of the change desperately needed for women in this industry, far and wide and through out the world. We hope that you will sit down, listen and learn from these stories and we hope that our words can be a small piece of encouragement to women across the globe who have suffered. We want you to know - We see you, we hear you and we support you.

Nick and Alex welcome back Jen (@hellobrewtifulpgh) and our surprise guest Melissa (@bavaryinz) to the podcast this week! We get into the mask/no mask conversation and how to respect the business decisions as we move into what we hope is a post-COVID world. This leads to Mel telling us about how Hitchhiker handled the pandemic (or pandemi if you're cool) and what all went into their plans for reopening. Nick talks about his experience at Four Points North Side without having to wear a mask. To lighten the mood we talk to Mel about her hair and her history with craft beer (and her experience with Sam Bond's Garage in Eugene Oregon) before moving to our normal guest questions. We talk a bunch about emojis and then Mel gives us her top 3 beer styles. Opening up the conversation to what we're currently drinking brings us to Cinderlands, and Nick tells his story of wasting a Grand Negro Voodoo Pappy (only a few ounces!) We talk about barleywine and it becomes a polarizing topic. As we wrap up this episode, we talk about Brienne Allan (@ratmagnet) and the exposure of discrimination, sexism, and racism in the craft beer industry. We hint at upcoming guests to end this episode. Thanks for listening and cheers! Beers We Drank: Traditional Lager - Yuengling (Lager - 4.5%) Shoots Like A Girl Prime - Shubrew (DIPA - 8.0%) PA Loophole v.4 - East End and a variety of others (White IPA - 5.6%) UHD Saunter Through - Cinderlands (DIPA - 8.0%) Music: All The Way Up - Eddy freemusicarchive.org/music/eddy/2_D…th-CloudBounce

We speak with former brewer of Jack's Abbey (MA) and now Production Manager at Notch Brewing (MA), Brienne Allan, Leader of the Largest Pink Boots Chapter (Boston) in the US.  We talk french fries, women's arm wrestling, Zwickels & other traditional beer styles as well as different draught systems, the Canadian Beer Market and much more!  PS - Her cat kills a bird around minute 37! Tune in!  More at NotchBrewing.com