Hop Notch Brewing Co.

Accusations of Sexism and Abuse Hit the Craft Beer and Brewing Industry | Eater

"After a day of frustrating sexist comments at work, production manager Brienne Allan used her Instagram account @ratmagnet to invite women in the industry to share anonymous stories of sexism, harassment, and assault; she then anonymized and posted hundreds of submissions to her Instagram stories and compiled them in a public Google doc. The accounts ranged from offhand sexist remarks to direct allegations of sexual harassment and descriptions of deeply toxic workplaces, and they helped make longstanding but vague concerns about safety for women in craft beer suddenly public and difficult to ignore. Allan’s efforts have catalyzed apologies and personnel changes across the industry and spurred calls for formal reporting and broader conversations about restructuring the workplace to be safer and more inclusive." - Monica Burton