Good Beer Hunting

This episode is something very special to us at GBH. 

One of our neighbors, who literally lives above the studio here in Logan Square in Chicago, is a woman named Sheerine Alemzadeh who is a co-founder along with Karla Altmayer of an organization called Healing To Action. 

Over a few parties here in the studio, we got to know these women and the work they do, which is to help build capacity for solving gender based violence, which so often occurs in the workplace. One of the industries that struggles with this issue the most, which includes everything from sexual harassment and intimidation to outright physical assault, is hospitality. When we think of hospitality, we rightly think of hotels, restaurants, bars, and the like. 

But as a design firm devoted to breweries, we’ve become increasingly involved in hospitality as well. We’ve helped launch, on average, about a half-dozen new breweries a year. And as more of them include a taproom in their concept, we’ve started to think about the hospitality environment in more depth and as Sheerine and Karla shared more of their experience fighting against workplace violence, we started to realize how pervasive and important this issue is becoming to craft breweries. And that says nothing about the male-dominated manufacturing environments that have their own history of harassment and violence. 

So we decided to partner with them to bring your a unique conversation combining their important work with the context we know so well, and that’s craft brewing. We all got together at Hopewell Brewing’s taproom right here in Logan Square, along with Melissa Josephs of Women Employed, Jacyada de Oliviera of  Restaurant Opportunities Centers United

and Samantha Lee of Hopewell Brewing Company. 

The goal was to have an open conversation that would encourage brewery owners and taproom staff to recognize the threats to their business and their staff as they cross into he hospitality industry. But also to take a look at what a traditionally male-dominated manufacturing culture brings with it as well. These two worlds coming together create an intersection where a lot of people are at risk. And the solutions, as they usually are, start with understanding and communication, and a willingness to address the issue.

HAZED AND CONFUSED Is the New England IPA the end of the style's evolution or a resistance to a status quo? Host: Matthew Curtis, Good Beer Hunting Guest Speakers: Soren Parker Wagner, Dry & Bitter Brewery Wayne Wambles, Cigar City Brewing Company Patrick Ware, Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.

HAZED AND CONFUSED

Is the New England IPA the end of the style's evolution or a resistance to a status quo?

Host:

Matthew Curtis, Good Beer Hunting

Guest Speakers:

Soren Parker Wagner, Dry & Bitter Brewery

Wayne Wambles, Cigar City Brewing Company

Patrick Ware, Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.

GROWING HORIZONTALLY Finding Ways to Expand the Beer Bubble Host: Michael Kiser, Good Beer Hunting Guest Speakers: Jacob Alsing, Mikkeller Brewing Jos Ruffell, Garage Project Andrew Cooper, The Wild Beer Co. Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.

GROWING HORIZONTALLY

Finding Ways to Expand the Beer Bubble

Host:

Michael Kiser, Good Beer Hunting

Guest Speakers:

Jacob Alsing, Mikkeller Brewing

Jos Ruffell, Garage Project

Andrew Cooper, The Wild Beer Co.

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE What will it look like when yeast has its moment? Host: Matthew Curtis, Good Beer Hunting Guest Speakers: Yvan de Baets, Brasserie de la Senne Glenn Castelein, Brouwerij Alvinne Jamil Zainasheff, Heretic Brewing Company Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

What will it look like when yeast has its moment?

Host:

Matthew Curtis, Good Beer Hunting

Guest Speakers:

Yvan de Baets, Brasserie de la Senne

Glenn Castelein, Brouwerij Alvinne

Jamil Zainasheff, Heretic Brewing Company

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD How hyper-local changes everything Host: Michael Kiser, Good Beer Hunting Guest Speakers: Andrew Schwartz, Modern Times Beer Lauren Lister, Beavertown Brewery Connor Casey, Cellarmaker Brewing Co. Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD

How hyper-local changes everything

Host:

Michael Kiser, Good Beer Hunting

Guest Speakers:

Andrew Schwartz, Modern Times Beer

Lauren Lister, Beavertown Brewery

Connor Casey, Cellarmaker Brewing Co.

A NEW TAKE ON TERROIR How are surroundings and the environment influencing modern brewers? Host: Matthew Curtis, Good Beer Hunting Guest Speakers: Tom Oliver, Oliver's Cider & Perry Mark Tranter, Burning Sky Brewery Averie Swanson, Jester King Brewery Good Beer Hunting was thrilled to partner with Beavertown Brewery at their Extravaganza anniversary celebration this year to bring you some compelling discussions and presentations about the state of craft beer in 2017. A wide range of topics and personalities were available to discuss some of the more pressing, and exciting pursuits in beer. You can learn more about Beavertown's educational investments on their blog.