Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
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GRAND RAPIDS – Once upon a time, gender roles were very clearly divided—women gathered, men hunted. Later, women tended to the home while men toiled in the fields or factories. And once upon a time, part of the duties in the home included brewing beer. Women brewed for farmhands, for families, for themselves. When beer brewing moved out of the home and into the workplace, women relinquished the role of brewer but times, as they say, are changing. Since July 2015, Gabi Palmer has been the head brewer at Grand Rapids’s Schmohz Brewery. Schmohz opened in December 2004 and has the unique distinction of including graduates of Michigan Tech in almost every facet of the operation, including Palmer. After graduating from Michigan Tech with a degree in Mechanical Design, Palmer’s career went “all over place.” She worked in computer-aided drafting at Ford and then freelanced for about 10 years. “I traveled all over the world until I ended up back in Michigan,” said Palmer. “I worked for a [larg … |
Source: Mitten Brew
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