As I went, I connected with female-identified and queer people who shared my passion, and I began writing about food and beer. I dove into the scene while living in Austin and back home in Seattle. The industry struck me as punk-rock and progressive, and it seemed like it might provide the openness I longed for. More than just a beverage, craft beer felt approachable and complex, equal parts art and science, familiar and revolutionary all at once. When I was 34, I finally realized I was queer, and I wondered why it had taken me so long.Īlong the way, I discovered craft beer. All the while, the United States was legislating gay and lesbian people’s fundamental human rights. At 16, I fell in love with one of my friends, and I think she loved me back, but neither of us could find the words. When I was 13, I scripted home movies in which I always played the male lead. My family’s church promised I would burn for such sapphic appetites, so I begged God for forgiveness and crumpled up the pictures. When I was 10 years old and thought I was a girl, I used to draw pictures of scantily clad, voluptuous women. From Barons to Barrels with Captain Pabst.Message in a Bottle with Brewery Ommegang.Beer is Labor with East Brother Beer Co.Let Go or Get Dragged by Jerard Fagerberg.Ferments at Low Temps by Stephanie Byce.
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