In May 2021, brewer Brienne Allan posted a call on her personal Instagram account (handle @ratmagnet) for women to share their stories about experiencing sexism in the beer industry. She received thousands of responses. This collection contains some of the official responses from craft breweries, industry professionals, and organizations to the issues highlighted in these responses. This archive is an intentional sampling of a moment in modern brewing history, and as such makes no attempts to be a complete record of this important event.
The complete list of URLs archived is available here. Those we could not archive we attempted to get screen captures of when available. Those that we were not able to capture are noted as such. Please also be aware that there are entities that were not named in the above stories that did publicly respond to them. This is captured in the Notes column as "Response to movement, no allegations made against".
Many thanks to Tiah Edmunson-Morton, the Brewing History Consortium, and Aaron Gore for their assistance in building this archive.
Archived since: May, 2021
| Business, person, or organization | Original URL | Archived object | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allagash Brewing Co. | brewery blog | web archive | Response to movement, no allegations made against |
| Athentic Brewing Company | Screen capture | Event announcement including response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Bay Cannon Beer Company | Not available | Response to allegations; companywide review of equality since February, "committed to doing our part and making sure we address any bad apples immediately" | |
| Brewers Association | web site | web archive | |
| Brewery ARS | web archive | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Burial Beer Co. | web site | web archive | |
| Burum Collective | screen capture (1, 2, 3) |
Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Cicerone Program | screen capture | ||
| Connecticut Valley Brewing Co. | screen capture (1, 2, 3) |
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| Creature Comforts | web site | web archive | Response to movement, no allegations made against; Letter to Staff from CEO and COO |
| screen capture | Response to movement, no allegations made against | ||
| Divine Barrel Brewing | screen capture | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Dry & Bitter | screen capture | ||
| Escarpment Labs | web archive | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Five Suits Brewing Co. | screen capture | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Four Saints Brewing | screen capture | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Funguys Brewing Co. | screen capture | Response made on personal page of owner Carly Brango | |
| GLOW | screen capture (1, 2) |
Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Help Brienne with Legal Fees (Crist, Mikaelaa) | GoFundMe | web archive | |
| Herz, Julia | web archive | "Role in failing others" and experience of bias and harassment | |
| Hidden Springs | screen capture (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
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| High Branch | screen capture | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| screen capture (1, 2, 3, 4) |
Response to movement, no allegations made against | ||
| Hill Farmstead | Not available | ||
| Humble Sea | screen capture | ||
| Indeed Brewing Co. | screen capture | ||
| Interboro Spirits and Ales | screen capture | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| J. Wakefield Brewing | screen capture (1, 2, 3) |
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| Jester King | screen capture (1, 2) |
Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Lord Hobo | screen capture | ||
| Love City Brewing Co. | web archive | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Mikerphone | screen capture | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Mikkeller Brewing San Diego | screen capture (1, 2) |
Response to allegations; companywide review of equality since February, "committed to doing our part and making sure we address any bad apples immediately" | |
| Modern Times Beer | screen capture (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
CEO resignation | |
| web site | screen capture (1, 2) |
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| screen capture | CEO resignation | ||
| Moksa Brewing Co. | Not available | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| New Realm Brewing Co. | screen capture | Head of beer education quit due to a lack of action on DEI | |
| Night Shift Brewing Co. | screen capture | Response to movement, some response to allegations in comments | |
| Notch Brewing Co. | Not available | Employer of Brienne Allan. Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Oozlefinch Beers & Blending | screen capture | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Orpheus Brewing Co. | screen capture | ||
| screen capture | Response made on personal page of owner Jason Pellett | ||
| Pilot Brewing Co. | web archive | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Pink Boots Society | screen capture (1, 2) |
Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Pontoon Brewing Co. | screen capture (1, 2) |
New hire was named thanks to his time at Union | |
| Ratio Beerworks | screen capture | Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Resident Culture | screen capture (1, 2) |
Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| The Good Hop Bottle Shop | screen capture (1, 2, 3, 4) |
Response to movement, no allegations made against | |
| Tired Hands Brewing Co. | screen capture | Post made by staff. Original post since deleted | |
| Wiley Roots Brewing Co. | web archive | Disclaiming allegations, says they have evidence | |
| Not available |
