PNW Beer Moms

   So I may regret this and it may come and kick me in the ass, but I've got to say it!    I'm new to Instagram and I love all the craft industry community I've found on it, but I had no idea how many woman there would be seductively posing with beer! Maybe it's because I don't have the boobs or the fact that I'm not a super hot babe like them, but I'd like to think it's because I want more for women in the craft beer industry. So here I am, a mom of two girls, encroaching 40, and totally wishing these women would cover up! Yep, I've turned into Karen!  "Oh my eyes!... oh hey, wait is that Cigar City Brewings latest beer dripping onto her breasts?" But I'm okay with being Karen. Usually, I'm all about a "you do you" and don't judge attitude, be sexy if you want, wear what you want, celebrate all women... yada yada yada, I'm totally a feminist, but sometimes I just have to speak up for women to be sure they know the

     What a time to run a social club for Beer Moms! We can't meet up, socializing activities are cancelled, kids are at home 24/7 (going on 75 days straight)!! Ugh! But there is a silver lining to Covid 19 'Stay at Home' orders. For example:             Of course, I'm joking...sort of... The only thing I drink every single day is coffee (and a lot of it), but the frequency of consuming beer has increased quite a bit the last few months, as it has for many of you, as you have confessed to me. But hey! We are just doing our part to support the local beer economy in these trying times, right?!       Which brings up some more silver linings: We now have curb side pick up and beer delivery! Even the Utopian ideal of an ice cream truck version of beer delivery has become a reality in some places! Breweries who dreamed of delivery, or their own canning capabilities, souping up their online and website capabilities and even tackling some remodeling projects, have had every exc

     My two daughters and a fellow beer mom and I had the pleasure of joining the Pink Boots Society of Bellingham in their annual collaboration brew at Stones Throw Brewery in the historic Fairhaven district of Bellingham last week! The Local chapter of the Pink Boots posted on social media that all women were welcome to participate and I jumped at the chance to get some PNW Beer Moms up in there! This year they had two brew days for a double batch of goodness! We missed the first brew day, but there was no way we would miss the second. We adorned our feet with our rain boots (a flowery pink pair, an owl pair, and my black and white plaid pair) and headed down to the brewery! We were welcomed with cookies, banana bread, a beer for me and lots of smiles!     The Pink Boots Society of Bellingham was formed not to long ago as a way to commemorate a good friend of the founding members, who passed away before fulfilling her dream of starting a chapter in Bellingham. Her friends took u

   I love playing tourist to beer spots, especially in my home town of Salem, Oregon. So when Cathy Lane Teal joined PNW Beer Moms and I saw she owned not just one, but two tap houses I had never been to, I had to pay her a visit! After all, there is nothing better than a Beer Mom in the industry! You really can't get more beer mom than that!     Cathy and her husband Mitch opened Brew Coffee and Ta House in the little ol' town of Independence, OR. in 2017. If you have ever driven Hwy 22 from Salem to the Oregon Coast, you may have seen the sign to Independence. Growing up in Salem, Independence was most renowned as the place to buy booze if you lived in the neighboring town of Monmouth, home to Western Oregon University. Up until a few years ago Monmouth was a dry town. What is a thirsty college student to do?! Why drive the two minutes to Independence, of course! Interestingly enough, Independence itself was a dry town at one point, as well as West Salem when it was it's