Learn about the ins and outs of working in the brewing industry and the positions available at participating breweries.

The WOMEN’S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR is back for its fifth season! This is Australia’s original women’s adventure film tour, created by Adventure Entertainment. This short film festival is a celebration of the inspiring women around us who are doing extraordinary things in the name of adventure.

Celebrate International Women’s Day AND Mass Beer Week with us at the Harpoon Brewery! We will be hosting a panel of women in beer from all different parts of the industry (marketing, brewing, advocacy, media) to discuss what it’s like being a woman in the industry today.

Exhibit 'A' Brewing is hosting their 2nd annual Pool Plunge set in the brewery's Beer Garden. Plungers will take turns jumping into a pool to support Special Olympics. After the Plunge, join us for some food, drinks and fundraising and costume awards. Exhibit 'A' will have their beers available for purchase. Grab your beer-enthusiast, inclusion-loving friends and family, create a plunge team and start fundraising!

Esther Tetreault will be moderating a panel offering small business leaders support in fostering a safe and discrimination-free workplace.

In 2018, Hop Culture’s Head of Partnerships Grace Weitz launched Beers With(out) Beards as a part of her graduate school thesis capstone project at NYU. Over the last three years, this week-long celebration of women in beer has attracted thousands of attendees and fifty womxn-led breweries. In the same period, the fest has featured over thirty events aimed at celebrating the achievements of womxn across all aspects of the alcoholic beverage industries.

Even during a global pandemic, the show went on. In 2020, Hop Culture hosted the first-ever digital BW(O)B, which allowed people to attend from all over the world. And this year, the tradition continues with the second-annual digital version of the womxn in craft beer festival.

Now more than ever womxn are standing up and asking to be heard in a predominantly white, male industry.

This year many across the industry shared personal and painful stories of sexism and misogyny in the beer industry. And, from all over the world, those stories were met with expressions of support for one another.

Together, everyone’s voice is stronger. And we feel empowered that other people had the courage to speak up. We’re also proud that for the past three years, Hop Culture has organized its own event to stand together with womxn in the beer industry.

Starting at 12:00 PM EST on Monday, 4/5/21, you’ll be able to purchase a ticket to Hop Culture x Samuel Adams Queer Beer Fest that includes a box of 10 craft beers from either specifically queer-owned breweries or breweries that have demonstrated a dedication to supporting the LGBTQ+ community as allies such as Marz Community Brewing, Almanac Beer Company, Lady Justice Brewing Co., DC Brau, Collective Arts, New Belgium, Samuel Adams, and more.

The pandemic has disproportionately affected working women. The lines between work and home are blurry for everyone and women are often the primary caregiver for children and parents. As a result, women are downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce, a trend that is erasing decades of progress. The data is clear -- companies that embrace diverse ideas and contributions achieve greater success. Supporting and retaining women is critical to the bottom line. How do you build a flexible support system that can be adapted as necessary? What practical and progressive family-forward policies and programs work? Which ones aren’t working?