International Women's Day Brew: Calamity Jane Pale Ale

About a month ago the other women in the brewing program at Olds and I decided that it would be fun to do a beer for International Women's Day (March 8th). We figured this would be a fun opportunity to get together and brew something for charity in the spirit of the greater brewing sisterhood.

The brewing industry is undoubtedly male dominated, but beer itself, which has been around for over 10,000 years, has been brewed by women from the very beginning and we wanted to show that the female brewing spirit is still alive! In fact, we're doing this brew in conjunction with several other female brewers worldwide that are part of the Pink Boots Society http://pinkbootssociety.org/about-us/

We made a Pale Ale with a late Cascade addition at 25 IBU and 5 SRM. We also added a heap of late hops in the recipe to really amp up the flavour and aroma. I don't want to give away all our secrets.... but it's going to have some gittyup!

Keeping with the western theme of Olds, we're calling the beer Calamity Jane Pale Ale and it will be available starting in early March in Olds on tap and in bottles as well as on tap in select locations in Edmonton and Calgary. Part of the proceeds will go to support the Central Alberta Women's Shelter http://cawes.com/ and the Pink Boots Society.

Here are a few pictures from our brew day and links to our facebook and twitter accounts so that you can keep up with when/where our beer will be available as well as other goings on in our program.

https://www.facebook.com/OCBrewmaster
https://twitter.com/ocbrewmaster