CHICAGO, In poor health.— Flora Brewing, a contract brewery began by Sarah Flora, one of many prime feminine digital creators in brewing, identified for her academic homebrewing movies on YouTube, which have garnered over two million views, will make its industrial debut by means of the incubator brewery, Pilot Challenge, in Chicago, Illinois.
“I’ve been brewing in my kitchen and storage for over six years, all whereas documenting each stage of the method in an effort to encourage extra folks to begin brewing and assist them alongside the way in which. Lastly, I can supply folks an opportunity to strive my beer round Chicago and shortly in choose cities. This chance is a dream come true!” says Sarah Flora, Proprietor and Founding father of Flora Brewing. “I knew Pilot Challenge was the place I wished to kick off my first industrial brews. They’re devoted to uplifting and offering a platform for the underrepresented and aspiring creators throughout the brewing {industry}, and I’m grateful to collaborate with them.”
To kick it off, Flora Brewing can be premiering 4 beers at Pilot Challenge Brewing together with the Medusa Pale Ale; Blossom Tonic Saison Ale that includes cherry, coriander and rosemary; Burn Out Imperial Pink Ale; and the Enjoyable with Flagships West Coast IPA. The discharge occasion will happen Saturday, April twenty ninth at Pilot Challenge and launch occasions across the Chicago space can be introduced over the subsequent few weeks.
“Pilot Challenge’s place within the universe isn’t nearly launching nice manufacturers, it’s about giving visionaries in our {industry} a platform to thrive” states Dan Abel, Pilot Challenge’s co-founder and CEO. “Sarah has already amassed a profitable platform for herself digitally and her optimistic affect in brewing goes properly past her knack for fermentation. As a marketer for YouTube in my previous life, I’m stoked for the staff at Pilot to assist Sarah write her subsequent chapter and preserve the brewing {industry} on its toes.”
In 2017, Flora bought a homebrew package as a present for her husband, however little did she know it will change into her new interest and the beginning of her subsequent profession. By day, Flora runs operations for a Los Angeles based mostly artwork gallery, however earlier than and after work you’ll discover her brewing and documenting each stage of the method in her storage turned home-brewery by means of the Flora Brewing YouTube Channel, which has over 27,000 subscribers. Her brews have acquired a number of awards in nationwide and regional homebrew competitions together with her Cherry Saison, which acquired a silver SheBrew award. Flora’s experiences in brewing have led to talking engagements at conferences just like the Ladies’s Worldwide Beer Summit in addition to recognitions for her work by means of varied media retailers together with being named considered one of Good Beer Searching’s 2021 Signifiers and the Vinepair 50 Checklist in 2022.
These 4 brews are solely the start as Flora makes the transition into industrial brewing this yr. Their purpose is to launch extra beers in choose cities by means of contract brewing.
About Sarah Flora
Sarah Flora is a Los Angeles-based homebrewer who needs to be the subsequent Martha Stewart (pre-2004) of brewing. A number of years in the past, Sarah bought a homebrew package as a present for her husband, however little did she know it will change into her new interest and the beginning of her subsequent profession. Operating operations for an artwork gallery by day, on her days off she’s brewing and documenting each stage whereas reviewing her brews within the course of. Since, she’s received quite a few awards for her beers, grown an engaged following on Instagram (40K Followers) and YouTube (27K Subscribers), and acquired press protection nationwide. As she continues to share her ardour for homebrewing, Sarah’s purpose is to contract brew and finally open up her personal brewery.
From her experiences in homebrewing, she’s been acknowledged on Good Beer Searching’s Signifiers Checklist and Vinepair’s 50 Checklist in addition to been featured on Thrillist, Forbes, October Journal, Fuse TV, Voyage LA, Porch Consuming, the Chilly Brue Podcast, Behind the Beer Podcast, Quad Metropolis Beer Podcast, Homebrewing DIY, The Brajcast and much extra.
In March 2021, she launched the Brewing After Hours Podcast by means of the Bleav Podcast Community providing a distinct have a look at the historical past and tales behind beer, even courting again to historic instances the place she digs into the archeology of beer and explores matters on yeast discovered within the weirdest locations.
In 2023, Sarah has launched Flora Brewing as a contract brewery, beginning with 4 brews releasing at incubator brewery Pilot Challenge Brewing in Chicago and plans to provide extra brews commercially in choose cities over the subsequent yr.
About Pilot Challenge
Pilot Challenge was created as a purpose-driven, collaborative, and artistically curious brewing and tasting room facility to assist assist proficient brewers in an {industry} with exceptionally excessive obstacles. Modeled after the music {industry}, Pilot serves as a launch pad for start-up breweries, providing help with fine-tuning recipes, manufacturing scaling, enterprise improvement, advertising and marketing, distribution and extra. It’s Pilot Challenge’s mission to foster experimental and small-batch brewing, current an unparalleled shopper tasting expertise, and be an industry-defining innovator in fermented malt drinks.
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