This spring, festivals, conferences and other similar gatherings are being rescheduled or canceled. Many organizations are trying to keep up the spirit of connection that these events are meant to foster with online and virtual events. One example is the virtual “cheers” being organized by The Pink Boots Society‘s Philadelphia Chapter, a nonprofit with the mission to encourage and inspire women beer professionals to advance their careers through education. In place of the second annual Bold Women and Beer Festival, which was previously scheduled for May 16, 2020, and is now postponed, Philly’s Pink Boots members are inviting beer-lovers to celebrate the bold women in the local beer industry with an online toast on Saturday, May 16, at 5 p.m. ET.
The Pink Boots Society Philadelphia Chapter
“In early March, women from the Pink Boots Society gathered together to brew collaboration beers to celebrate women in the beer industry,” said Erin Wallace, co-founder of the Philadelphia Chapter of The Pink Boots Society. “Typically, these beers would be offered at the respective participating breweries and during the Bold Women and Beer Festival, where a portion of the sales would be donated to the Pink Boots Society. However, due to COVID-19, breweries were shut down and our second annual Bold Women and Beer Festival was postponed. This virtual ‘cheers’ is a way for us all to support and celebrate our badass women beer professionals and breweries.”
To get in on this shared experience from afar, pick up a 4-pack, 6-pack or growler of a local Pink Boots collaboration beer, or schedule a delivery from a local Pink Boots member brewery. On Saturday, May 16, take a photo or video of your beer, raised in a toast, and share the photo or video to social media using the hashtags #PinkBootsCheers and #BoldWomenandCheer.
Greater Philadelphia Area Member Pink Boots Collaborations:
- Attic Brewing Company: You Can’t Tame Wild Women, Hazy IPA (Philadelphia, PA)
- Axe and Arrow Brewing: Shattered Ceilings, Hazy Pale Ale (Glassboro, NJ)
- Braeloch Brewing: (Kennett Square, PA)
- Cape May Brewing Co.: She the People, Fruited Pilsner (Cape May, NJ)
- Love City Brewing Company: Empress Risin’, Hazy IPA (Philadelphia, PA)
- Spellbound Brewing: Pink Boots Pale Ale (Mount Holly, NJ)
- Stolen Sun: No Richards, Double Dry Hopped Hazy IPA (Exton, PA)
- Tannery Run Brew Works: Drake in Pink Boots, IPL (Ambler, PA)
- Triple Bottom Brewing Company: Hetty Reckless, Belgian Session Ale (Philadelphia, PA)
- Urban Village Brewing Company: Queen B, Honey Lavender Saison (Philadelphia, PA)
- Wallenpaupack Brewing Company: Rise & Slay, Raspberry, Lemon Saison (Hawley, PA)
- Zed’s Beer-Bado Brewing: Pale Is the New Pink, Pale Ale (Marlton, NJ)
- Zeroday Brewing Co.: Nevertheless She Persisted, Hazy IPA (Harrisburg, PA)
Can’t get any of those collaboration brews? You can also pick up beers from other breweries operated by Pink Boots Society Members, like Bangor Trust Brewing, Bonn Place Brewing, Broken Goblet Brewing, Devil’s Creek Brewery, Eight and Sand Beer, Ever Grain Brewing, Evil Genius Beer, Flying Fish Brewing, Free Will Brewing, Haymaker Meadery, Here & Now Brewing, Hidden River Brewery, Iron Hill Brewery, La Cabra Brewing, Levante Brewing, McAllister Brewing, Moss Mill Brewing, Naked Brewing, Newtown Brewing, Perkiomen Valley Brewery, Philadelphia Brewing, Root Down Brewing, Sam Adams Brewery, Sly Fox Brewing, Sterling Pig Brewery, Tired Hands Brewing, Tonewood Brewing, Triple Bottom Brewing, Victory Brewing, Warwick Farm Brewing, Winding Path Brewery, Yards Brewing, Yuengling Brewing.
Follow Pink Boots Philly and the Bold Women and Beer Festival on Instagram (here and here) and enjoy a fun virtual cheers on May 16!
- Photo: Pink Boots Philly
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