Pink Boots Brew Day in the DMV, 2022

International Women’s Day was March 8th and breweries either brewed or packaged their Pink Boots beers. We’ve got an area rundown, but first, what is a Pink Boots beer? It’s a beer brewed with local chapters of the Pink Boots Society, an international organization that empowers women in the beer industry. These beers often use a blend of hops selected specifically for the annual brew day, and for the fifth straight year it comes from Yakima Chief Hops. Area Pink Boots participants are creating beers with “Idaho Gem, HBC 630, Talus, Triumph and Loral®. The expected brewing values are 12.5% alpha, with expected aromas of citrus, sweet aromatics and berry.” Or, in layperson’s terms, look for a lot of hazy IPAs.

At Right Proper Shaw, the DC chapter of the Pink Boots Society used 22 pounds of this hop blend for a 10 barrel batch of beer, which will be fermented with Kveik yeast from Virginia’s Jasper Labs. Look for it on tap, and maybe in 16 ounce cans, at the end of March.

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