Second Street’s Colleen Sager and a tale of two restaurants

Women have always been on the frontier of beer. Before hops, words like “craft,” and before there was an industry, women kept their households stocked with the ancient ales. Traditionally they were the brewers, or “brewsters.” Now, from the “front of house” to the fermenters, women are excelling in every aspect of the craft beer…

Jones is the glue that holds Santa Fe Brewing together

Long since the ancient Sumerians worshiped Ninkasi, the Goddess of Brewing, women have been an integral part of the brewing industry. Throughout civilizations like the Babylonians, the Egyptians, even the Vikings, women were responsible for keeping their nations’ homes imbued with the sacred suds. When the need for ale grew, as it so quickly did…