Great Storm Teaming Up With Brewers Broads

This afternoon brewers from Great Storm Brewery are getting together with a few members of Brewers Broads, a local women's beer club, to brew a collaboration beer. The women's beer club has been meeting monthly for educational events since they were first founded in March, but this will be the first time they are brewing together on a commercial system.

The opportunity came when Jeff of Great Storm Brewery offered to make a beer to sell at both Brewer's Republic and Great Storm. Wanting to make something fitting for summer, they decided on a Wit and are looking at splitting the batch in half for two variations.

Brewers Broads' mission is to make brewing and brewing education more accessible for women, and a big part of this is through hands on experience. After learning about malt, yeast, and water the Broads are very excited to put what they have learned to use. Many of the Brewers Broads are homebrewers, and having the chance to brew on another system is always welcomed. Any ladies in town are welcome to join the brewing process that starts at 11am and is likely to last a few hours. Look for tasty pints of this beer coming to a tap room near you in then next month.

Great Storm is located at: 204 Mt View Ln #3  Colorado Springs, CO 80907

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More Than Pink Boots: Bess Dougherty

More and more women are getting involved in the craft beer scene. These ladies wear pink boots to symbolize the growing presence of women in the brewing industry. They aren't just token women in the brew house. They are adding a new level of creativity, expertise, and flare to this savory industry.

After an all women's collaboration brew day, we caught up with Bess Dougherty of Wynkoop Brewing.

At first glance around Wynkoop Brewing you notice there is a lot of comradery. The office is definitely the heart of the place. Right between the bar and the brewing equipment, the brewers, marketing, sales, and restaurant staff are all moving in and out of this cramped space to bring you some great beer. The office is a tiny, cold vault that was literally a safe in a former life. Now it's adorned with awards, randomness, and inside jokes that give the place charm.