Celebrate women and non-binary folx in craft beer! Every year, the Pink Boots Society (PBS) hosts Collaboration Brew Day® where teams come together to brew a collab beer that supports the PBS mission to support, inspire, and encourage the professional development of women and non-binary people in the industry. 

Often scheduled in connection with International Women's Day on March 8th, this unique initiative inspires and empowers women and non-binary brewers, consumers, fans, and others to enjoy something they all love—beer. 

This year, to earn the International Women's Day badge: Check-in any one (1) beverage from  March 7, 2024, to March 12, 2024. 

What Is the Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day?

Each year, breweries nationwide participate in the Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day, an initiative bringing together women and non-binary folx to brew a beer with a unique blend of hops from Yakima Chief Hops (YCH). 

Registering for the hop blend, a mix of hops traditionally chosen each year by women and non-binary people during the Great American Beer Festival, means a commitment to donate a portion of the proceeds back to PBS. 

According to PBS, past donations have helped fund over eighty-five scholarships supporting their mission. 

All told this day usually ends up being the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Pink Boots Society.

What Is the Pink Boots Collaboration Blend in 2024?

According to Next Glass Content Writer Giovanni Albanese Jr, who extensively covered this year's Pink Boots Collaboration Blend in this blog post, the blend includes Ahtanum®, El Dorado®, Idaho 7®, and the experimental hop HBC 638. 

"It's a dynamic blend. There are great citrus notes and big berry, but also an herbal note in the background coming from Ahtanum," says YCH Copywriting Manager Cat Wiest. "We always come up with good blends, but this one is quite exceptional."

According to Albanese Jr, Louisville, Kentucky-based Apocalypse Brew Works Head Brewer and Partner Leah Dienes made the winning blend. 

"When building a blend, there is much consideration given to how the hops are represented and not having one overbear the others," says Pink Boots President Blanca Quintero. "Dienes was looking for something berry and citrus forward with a touch of cedar. She's mentioned using the hop blend in years past to make hop water."

How Can You Participate?

There are two ways you can participate in this year's Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day:

1. Check on the PBS map to find one of this year's participating breweries worldwide, visit one (or more!), and drink a collab beer.

2. Donate!

Overall, the work to create a more equitable, inclusive craft beer industry continues beyond one collaboration beer. Or one month of celebrating women. Or one single organization. But groups like the Pink Boots Society help bring more attention to and offer meaningful support for a group of largely ignored industry professionals.

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