“It’s a style of beer I’ve always wanted to be able to test out on the brewhouse,” says Teachey. Inspired by jasmine rice, she hopes to lean into Cascade’s more floral qualities. Teachey is adding a twist by hopping the beer with Cascade hops rather than Japanese Sorachi Ace or European hops more common to lager styles. Obviously there’s a really long way to go, but working together and creating really good relationships and building on that foundation of the current women in brewing is hopefully what will come of this.”Īt Yellow Springs, Teachey and her crew will brew Haiku to Ninkasi, a Japanese Rice Lager brewed with 20% rice. “The whole idea is to give homage to those who have paved the way for where we are now. ![]() “I read Suzy and Jane’s story, and I thought it was just a really awesome thing to pay tribute to people who have done a lot of work already for us,” says Kent. While many accounts of what many consider the first modern craft brewery have focused heavily on the third founder-Jack McAuliffe-the brewery never would have opened without Stern and Zimmerman. The beer will be named Suzy & Jane in honor of Suzy Stern and Jane Zimmerman, two of the three founders of New Albion Brewing Company, an influential but short-lived craft brewery that opened in California in 1976. Urban Artifact exclusively brews fruited sour ales, and their beer for this collaboration will be a heavily fruited American Fruit Tart brewed with pineapple and mango, two of Kent’s favorite fruits. “Both of us getting to experiment at the same time is really fun.” Two Very Different Beers “There’s just this deep excitement of both of us getting to brew separate styles but getting to see each other’s processes through it,” says Teachey. The pair have lead their respective teams in brewing two separate beers-Suzy & Jane and Haiku to Ninkasi-to celebrate and support other women in craft beer. Hannah Kent recently took the head brewer position at Urban Artifact after serving as brewhouse operations lead. The collaboration is being organized by women at each brewery who credit the support and camaraderie of other women in helping them advance their careers.Īnna Teachey is the head brewer at Yellow Springs Brewery, a position she’s held since June 2022. Yellow Springs Brewery in Yellow Springs and Urban Artifact in Cincinnati will brew two beers to be released on March 4, with proceeds providing scholarship funds for a woman to attend the Brewing Science certificate or degree program and ideally enter the brewing industry. Two southwest Ohio breweries are partnering for International Women’s Day to brew beers that will benefit a women’s scholarship to Cincinnati State’s Brewing Science program.
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