Drinking in Boston: Pull On The Pink Boots

Like a lady who likes her beer? Then you’ll love these women. This is a group of women who know their beer: know how to design it, make it, package it, write about it, and anything else you can think of that has to do with the brew. Who are these fabulous females, you ask? They are The Pink Boots Society.

The Pink Boots Society members are, as they put it, “the female movers and shakers in the beer industry.” The name evokes the femininity of those in the back of the brewery, wearing the big boots, getting dirty, and making beer. The group was founded by Teri Fahrendorf in 2007 after she was asked repeatedly how many women brewers there were and she couldn’t answer the question. When she took a cross-country road trip she compiled a list of every woman in the business she came upon. Now it is a formal society of women in the industry who can connect with each other and express solidarity for females in beer making.

We bring up the society today because just yesterday it held its third annual meeting at the Cambridge Brewing Company. Many of the members are in town for the Craft Brewers Conference. Yesterday was also Pink Boots Solidarity Day: a day for women and men to wear pink and support the women of beer. We support them, as always, and raise a pint in our pink boots.

Photo courtesy of ms.Tea on Flickr using Creative Commons License