BEVOLUTION CREATORS
Women of the Bevolution and Beer is for Everyone have teamed up to launch a grant program for women and non-binary entrepreneurs, digital creators, brewers, and homebrewers who identify as underrepresented or underserved members of the beer and beverage community who are looking for help in getting started on creating content, developing a brand or releasing a product – whether it’s launching a podcast, merch line or a product, or editing YouTube video tutorials, Reels, TikToks or starting a Substack/newsletter, blog or Patreon.
Each grantee receives a stipend and 1-hour marketing and content strategy consulting from Ash Eliot (Founder of Women of the Bevolution), Lindsay Malu Kido (Founder of Beer is for Everyone), and special guest mentors who work within the alcohol/bev industry.
Meet the Bevolution Creators in Bev Grantees
“What a dream come true. This grant will ignite the trajectory of my vision and create an opportunity for women that look like me in the cider industry.”
Quanisha Madison
From beer server to events coordinator to current position as a floor manager at Atlantucky Brewing in Atlanta, Georgia, Quanisha’s experiences in various roles have fueled the idea for an exciting new project: a craft beer mini-series focusing on BIPOC homebrewers and enthusiasts.
Angi Thomas
In her efforts to spotlight those underrepresented in beer and similar fields, Angi launched the nonprofit news platform Being Black in Craft, which is dedicated to educating the public on women of color entrepreneurs and business owners within food science, fermentation, health, agriculture, and manufacturing.
Sawyer Robbins
Sawyer Robbins, a Brewery Marketing and Events Director, is working to provide a safe space for those underrepresented within the local community of Lexington, Kentucky. Identifying as trans, Sawyer’s current role has also empowered them to use the brewery as an outlet to engage in conversations and initiate more projects related to advocacy and allyship.
LaTreace Harris
LaTreace Harris is a beer education consultant who shares her beer knowledge every Friday under her business name The Beery Godmother with her Instagram followers. The ongoing series is called #BeerFactFriday.
"After homebrewing, shadowing in several breweries, and exploring beer education resources on my own, I began my company, The Beery Godmother LLC, to foster educational opportunities and provide enhanced training to industry staff (brewery, brewpub, restaurant, bar), while customizing this training to the precise needs of the given client."— LaTreace Harris
Faye Johnson
Faye Johnson found her path to brewing through her major in food science. In understanding how important educational resources and guidance are needed for furthering a career within the industry, she wants to share what she has learned and provide an outlet for industry professionals to share their work and experiences.
“Information should be easily accessible and digestible. I'm hoping that my podcast, The Floor Is Wet, will help both professionals and craft fans learn more about their favorite beverages and the people making them.”
— Faye Johnson
LaShanda Poteat
Based in North Carolina, LaShanda is Taproom manager at Little Brother Brewing Barrel & Bottle in Graham and the assistant brewer and cellarperson at Joymongers in Greensboro. As a mother and Woman of Color, she wants to empower other BIWOC moms out there who have a passion for beer to learn about the craft and enjoy it among others with the same interests.
"My ultimate goal is to let female moms of color know that we can do anything we want to do, by breaking down these barriers that are in place to hinder our experiences and job opportunities."
— LaShanda Poteat
Delorean Wiley
Water is crucial to making beer. In fact, pending the style of beer, up to 95 percent is water, and the actual production process of making beer requires even more water. The Brewer’s Handbook says, “Inside the average craft brewery, it takes seven liters of water to produce one liter of beer.” And Delorean Wiley, who has a Master’s in Sustainability and experience in both the wine and beer industry, is focused on educating breweries on how they can do their part when it comes to water conservation.
"I'm proud of the direction my action research dissertation project is moving. I worked with five breweries in the large metroplex areas of Texas to provide a process that increases their measurable contributions to water conservation in Texas watersheds."
— Delorean Wiley
Brittany Goins
What started as a fun activity for her and her husband to do during the pandemic in 2020, turned into something much much more. Brittany, a registered nurse, and mom of two, fell in love with homebrewing. She and her husband Sheldon began experimenting and inviting friends over to try their beers. After receiving such a positive response as well as awards through various homebrewing competitions, they decided to take a chance and release their beers commercially under the name Black Beauty Brewery.
"After submitting samples into a few homebrewing competitions and actually winning awards we decided to take it to the next level and that is how Black Beauty Brewery was created. We wanted to create beverages that are enjoyable for everyone, even a person that is not typically a beer drinker."
-Brittany Goins
Ana Alexandra
Women invented beer. And that’s exactly what beer professional and advocate Ana Alexandra wants the world to know. Her mission is to create a documentary on the history of women in beer while spotlighting those of today mashing the beer patriarchy.
“I, along with a friend who is a filmmaker, am producing a long-form documentary film on women in beer, the history of women in beer, and the craft beer #MeToo movement. “We aim to tell the stories of women’s true experiences in the industry, and better understand what steps can be taken to diversify the industry and get back to the roots of community.”
-Ana Alexandra