OC Pink Boots Society Pink Boots Brew, 2018

This past Friday, Unite, a Belgium Tripel Pink Boots Brew created by the OC Pink Boots Society Chapter was released at Anaheim Brewery.  Brewed in collaboration with several OC Pink Boots Society members, the beer was brewed to celebrate International Women's Day.  A portion of the proceeds from the beer will go to the Pink Boots Society as well as a local non-profit the Orange County Family Justice Center Foundation.  

For this year's Pink Boots Brew beer, members were able to select any style of beer, and were encouraged to use a new custom Pink Boots Blend of hops created specifically for the Pink Boots Society by YCH Hops.  I think it is so rad that a special blend of hops was created specifically for the Pink Boots Society.  A portion of the proceeds from the sales of the special Pink Boots Blend of hops will be donated to the scholarship funds of the Pink Boots Society.  

For those unfamiliar with the Pink Boots Society, it is an organization for women who are either currently employed in the beer industry or who have had at least 15 years of experience prior to returning as well as women who are in the process of opening a brewery, brew pub, taproom, or other beer establishment along with women who are enrolled in a beer education program.  The Pink Boots Society helps women by having a professional association that offers both a means for collaboration as well as education.  The Pink Boots Society offers scholarships to help women brewers further their knowledge and expertise in the beer industry.

For this year's Pink Boots Brew, women from around the United States and world at over 230 (!!) breweries collaborated to brew a beer on or around March 8th, International Women's Day.  It's so amazing to see women brewing beer together as well as enjoying the final product of their work for the Pink Boots Brew.  

Pink Boots Society Los Angeles to Host L.A. Beer Week Charity Beer Garden

Celebrate women in the craft beer industry at Three Weavers Brewing on June 22 

Join the women of Pink Boots Society Los Angeles for a charity beer garden at Three Weavers Brewing Company on Monday, June 22nd from 4pm­-9pm. The event will celebrate women in the beer industry with a stellar lineup of guest brews hand­selected by Pink Boots LA Chapter Lead and Three Weavers Brewmaster Alexandra Nowell. 

The event will also mark the official release of the Three Weavers collaboration with the yet­to­open Arts District Brewing. Return of Sassy Rye IPA is a super dank (and super sassy) rye forward IPA generously hopped with Simcoe, Mosaic, Galaxy, and Equinox hops. The collaboration brew welcomes award­winning female brewer Devon Randall back to her hometown of Los Angeles and is a new iteration of the beer they originally brewed by Nowell and Randall at Pizza Port Solana Beach in 2014. 

Ticket Details:

• Tickets are $20 and available for purchase through Eventbrite.
• Five 5­ oz tasters (which includes a Three Weavers glass!) are included with tickets.
• Additional tasters will be available for $4 each. 
• 100% of proceeds from the beer garden will be donated to the Pink Boots Society scholarship fund which was founded to empower women in beer through education and community building.

Taplist includes: 

• Three Weavers/21st Amendment-We Saw Them Coming Watermelon Saison 
• Three Weavers/Arts District Brewing-Return of Sassy Rye IPA 
• Three Weavers/Prosthetic Records-Blood Junkie Imperial Red 
• Arizona Wilderness-Prunus Persica Peach Saison 
• 21st Amendment-Down to Earth Session IPA 
• Highland Park-Bonkers IPA 
• Eagle Rock-Cold Shillin’ 60 Shilling 
• Smog City-Unity Tart Saison 
• Noble Ale Works-Naughty Sauce 
• Golden Road-Heal the Bay IPA 
• Beachwood Brewing-Hopular Mechanics 
• Drake’s-Omega Session 
• El Segundo Brewing-Mayberry IPA 

PLUS:​  Confirmed participation from Cascade Brewing, The Bruery, Figueroa Mountain, Stone Brewing, Ladyface Ale Companie, and Kinetic Brewing! 

September Adventures 9/22-9/29

Sometimes, the best weeks have a really great single day.  That was the case this past week!  While visiting Disneyland is always a great addition to any week, the highlight of last week was visiting San Diego.  While in San Diego, I went to several new to me places.  One of the new to me places I visited was Brabant which hosted a special event for the Pink Boots Society and Beer for Boobs.  Delirium Tremens sent a rare keg of the beer Deliria, a beer brewed exclusively by the professional women brewers of Belgium!  I was happy I could try a unique beer, especially because it helped to support two great causes.  I also went to Fathom, which is a teeny tiny bait and tackle shop, which also happens to have a rad selection of craft beer and great food too!  How often can you say that you've had Pliny the Elder along with lumpia while sitting on a pier?  Even more awesome is that fact that Fathom is across the street from Humphreys, which is where the Pixies were playing on Saturday night.  Saturday ended up being an epic day, to say the least.

Matterhorn, Disneyland

Oogie Boogie, Disneyland

Haunted Mansion Holiday, Disneyland

Small Bar, San Diego

Deliria at Brabant, San Diego

Pliny the Elder at Fathom, San Diego

Reasonable beer prices at a concert!

The Pixies put on one of the best shows, ever.