Sharps Brewery Celebrates Women in Beer with Special International Women's Day Event

At Sharp’s Brewery in Rock, North Cornwall, diversity, equity, and inclusion is a key focus all year round, but on Tuesday 8th March, for International Women’s Day 2022, the team celebrated the contribution and achievements of its 24 female employees with a day of engaging and informative activities including the special creation of a one-off beer.

This year’s global campaign focussed on ‘breaking the bias’. Talented women work across all sectors of the business at Sharp’s Brewery - in an industry that can be considered male-dominated - in roles from brand management and human resources to events and brewing.

The team at Sharp’s recognise that diversity in the workforce provides deeper pools of knowledge and experience and by being inclusive, the beer industry can only become more robust and better able to connect with different demographics. 

On Tuesday 8th March, 15 of Sharp’s female employees got together in Rock to brew a one off, small batch beer, a pale ale with added berries and other fruits. This brew was part of a wider event, the International Collaborative Brew Day, in which female brewers from across the world brewed a special beer to celebrate International Women’s Day. The team at Sharp’s brought in their favourite fruit to mash into the brew, a 4.5% ABV pale ale, which will be ready and on sale in a few weeks (in mini casks from the brewery shop and at select outlets in Cornwall on draught).

As well as brewing the collaboration beer, there was a full day of activity on site including an International Women’s Day quiz, and panel discussion on women in the beer industry, which featured leaders from the Molson Coors global business exploring how everyone can play a role in breaking the bias in the workplace and work towards a world that is free of stereotypes and discrimination and where difference is valued and celebrated. 

In addition to much thought-provoking and serious discussion, the team really enjoyed connecting and spending time together after what has been a drawn-out period of working remotely through the pandemic. 

Nina Griggs, HR Business Partner said, “International Women’s Day was our opportunity to celebrate together our inspirational female colleagues from across the business. It was brilliant to work as a team to brew and name our very own beer. It was a memorable day with lots of interesting conversation as well as some great opportunities to connect with people in various roles and celebrate our inspirational women. We can’t wait to taste our beer!”

Head Brewer, Aaron McClure, said “We were delighted to take part in the International Women’s Collaborative Brew Day for International Women’s Day 2022. The beer brewed is a 4.5% ABV mixed fruit pale ale with a base of extra pale malt and wheat to create a light-coloured beer with a crisp mouthfeel. The new world hops and assorted freshly squeezed fruits give notes of citrus and berry. The day was a great success, which rightly recognised and celebrated the women in our brewing industry and within Sharp’s Brewery. The beer will be packaged into cask and released in a few weeks’ time.”

The International Women’s Day brew will be available on sale in a few weeks (in mini casks from the brewery shop and at a few select outlets in Cornwall on draught). To find out which outlets it will be available at, please follow Sharp’s on Facebook and Instagram. For more information and to purchase a limited-edition International Women’s Day mini cask, please see Sharp’s Brewery’s website at:  https://www.sharpsbrewery.co.uk/