La bière créée pour la Journée internationale des femmes 2026, élaborée en collaboration par 30 femmes du Siren Craft Brew de Reading et du groupe Crafty Beer Girls, sera dévoilée le 4 mars.
La bière à 6,5 % d’ABV, nommée Coven, est un gruit sombre fruité et a été dirigée par la brasseuse de Siren, Hayley Pearce, la technicienne de laboratoire Emily Motto et la fondatrice de Crafty Beer Girls, Tasha Wolf.
En parlant à the drinks business de la bière, Pearce a admis que « Siren, à chaque étape, nous encourage à proposer des recettes » et, en fait, « nous encourage à partager nos connaissances ensemble ».
Partage des connaissances
Pearce a souligné comment l’équipe peut todos s’adresser au maître-brasseur de Siren, Sean Knight, et lui poser des questions. Elle a expliqué : « S’il est en train de préparer une bière et que nous nous demandons : ‘Comment a-t-il eu cette idée ?’ » Il est totalement ouvert. Il nous dira tout. Et c’est la même chose dans l’industrie. C’est une industrie si amicale. Personne n’est en concurrence avec les autres. »
Pearce told db that the beauty of this openness means that “you can go to somebody else’s brewery ask them about their brew [and] how do you make it” and find out “what’s in it” too and highlighted how “everybody shares with each other” and insisted this is “something I really like about the industry”.
Pearce admitted that “obviously, it is quite a male heavy environment. So to be able to get time where you’re sharing all of that knowledge with other beer enthusiast females, sometimes you feel like you’re just the only one”. But, she assured that “then, when you see that there’s actually loads of you, it’s amazing”.
Chaque année il y en a davantage parmi nous
Pearce said that she feels like, when it comes to female brewers and women in the beer industry, “every year we’re growing as well. There’s more of us”. She observed how “it’s the same at Siren” because “every year there seems to be more of us”.
Pearce told db: “This year, there’s Emily Motto in our lab – and co-producer of the Pride beer Low Key Loud” and revealed that “Emily wasn’t here when we did International Women’s Day last time” and yet insisted that “working with her was amazing” because they get to now start “bouncing ideas off each other as well”.
Pearce also admitted that Siren has “always been supportive of innovation” and added that at the brewery it has become possible to “think of something that you love then share it”. She explained: “We’re always told nothing’s a bad idea, share it and see where it goes” and added: “It’s a great place to work” and noted how “everyone’s open to ideas and sharing” which is certainly “one of the great things about working in this place”.
