Craft beer industry accused of being 'sexist boys' club'

[LargeRed]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57719831

I don't drink beer. Only LargeRed wine.

[pitboard]

I treat the term "craft beer" with the same contempt as I do "artisan bread".

[AW111]

pitboard said:

I treat the term "craft beer" with the same contempt as I do "artisan bread".

It's all just yeast in the end.

[sociopath]

Apparently saying "I didn't realise women drank beer" is sexist

And not just a throw away comment.

[RichTT]

AW111 said:

It's all just yeast in the end.

One of them poses issues if you want to make a sandwich though.

[Jasandjules]

I don't drink beer.... Really can't see why anyone does, but I do like a nice malibu and coke.....

[Electro1980]

RichTT said:

AW111 said:

It's all just yeast in the end.

One of them poses issues if you want to make a sandwich though.

Your telling me a pint and a packet of pork scratchings is not the same as a ham sandwich? No wonder I get funny looks...

[frisbee]

Isn't it compulsory to have a beard to drink craft beer? That's going to exclude at least some women.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

But in reality, according to beer and travel writer Siobhan Buchanan


Taking some obscure person and leading a national headline on the back of one source?


Typical BBC news.

[coppernorks]

No point in being bitter, it brews discontent and fosters hostility.

[Slagathore]

"The independent craft beer industry is, to many, the epitome of cool. Think young, progressive, modern, tattooed "hipsters"."



I think many will have a very different opinion of 'cool', to that!

[DeejRC]

I thought that was my barber not my barman!

[survivalist]

Slagathore said:

"The independent craft beer industry is, to many, the epitome of cool. Think young, progressive, modern, tattooed "hipsters"."



I think many will have a very different opinion of 'cool', to that!

Indeed

https://youtu.be/lVmmYMwFj1I

[Beati Dogu]

One look at “Ms” Buchanan tells you all you need to know.

[s2kjock]

Surprising if that is truly representative.

Of the two small independent brewery tours I have been on, one brewery was set up and led by a woman and in the other, women seemed to be heavily involved. Taproom breweries I have visited in a "professional " capacity, also seem to be partly run by women - never even remotely crossed my mind the industry was a bit of a "boys/mens club".

In fact one of OH's female acquaintances actually used to be heavily involved in running quite a large local real ale festival.

A common feature of these types of small independents (at least in Scotland) is that everyone appears happy to collaborate and work with each other - quite refreshing if you excuse the pun.

Maybe this journo was unlucky.

[foxbody-87]

Some real ales or whatever you want to call them are decent, some really nice stouts etc if that’s your thing but in my experience a lot of them are undrinkable toss. Some of the ruby ales are genuinely unpleasant and the pale ales are so hoppy it tastes like a dehydrated tramps piss.

[Drumroll]

foxbody-87 said:

Some real ales or whatever you want to call them are decent, some really nice stouts etc if that’s your thing but in my experience a lot of them are undrinkable toss. Some of the ruby ales are genuinely unpleasant and the pale ales are so hoppy it tastes like a dehydrated tramps piss.

But all our tastes are different so what to you is "dehydrated tramps p!ss". to others is the necter of the gods.

Can I ask a question why have you drunk "dehydrated tramps p!ss"? otherwise, how are you able to make the comparison?

[voyds9]

I've had conversations with female beer drinkers.

It mainly consisted of get me a beer
which one?
I don't know, something I'll like.

The other ones were like dwarves, you couldn't tell which sex they were with the beards and pipe smoking

[LordFlathead]

frisbee said:

Isn't it compulsory to have a beard to drink craft beer? That's going to exclude at least some women.

I know some women that fit that description and they drink craft beer

[NNH]

coppernorks said:

No point in being bitter, it brews discontent and fosters hostility.

That was a XXXX thing to say