#102: Brienne Allan | Notch Brewing

We were felt truly honored to have the opportunity to sit down
this week with the head brewer of Notch, Brienne Allan. If you
don't know Brienne's name by now (or, at the very least her
Instagram handle @Ratmaget), then it's probably time to find a
different cell provider. She walks us through the unintended
series of events that, in a matter of days, led to an absolute
tsunami of shared experiences of sexism from women working in all
corners of  beer, brought the topic to the forefront of
conversation of the entire brewing industry, and inadvertently
bestowed her with an immense amount of assumed responsibility.
Brienne's perspective on sexism in beer -- and more so,
everything that had BEEN happening for far too long -- is as
eye-opening and honest as it challenging and inspiring, and it
would be a disservice to write more about that side of
conversation when its depth is simply best heard. 
With that said, Brienne is a brewer before anything else, and
fittingly, we find the time to talk nearly as much about lagers
(Notch's expertise here has been beyond established on the
podcast) as we do equality. Beer, life, and conversation are each
dictated by balance, after all. 
Please enjoy our extremely raw conversation with one of the best
brewers in the country, who just HAPPENS to be looked at as the
de facto voice for eliminating misogyny. No weighty burden to see
here, folks...
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........ Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill