Description
It is not unusual for a woman to be beardless. On the other hand, being beardless as a craft beer brewer is almost an endangered rarity. In the hipster-heavy world of craft beer, you can hardly see a face that is not adorned by a magnificent beard, usually even a full beard. Whether that's because of the beer or the trend is an open question. The fact is, however, that Altmut Zinn, the woman behind the hugely successful label Emma - beers without a beard, definitely has no beard. And not only does it set itself apart from the bearded crowd, it also makes exceptionally good beer. Today I bake, tomorrow I need to thank Heaven that not only the DIY trend has flooded Germany like a monstrous tidal wave from the USA, but also the craft beer movement. Almut Zinn discovered both for himself and saw the homebrew as the ideal opportunity to combine her newly found passion for beer with that for DIY. On a trip through the states, she met a homebrewer and his beer and was thrilled. So far, it was not clear to her that you could not only make cheese, bread or patchwork blankets yourself, but also beer. For Almut, beer was always something that required beer brewing equipment in the higher-digit cost range. The lady was all the more pleased when she made the first attempt at brewing in her own kitchen. Her guinea pigs less, but after much, much practice, Almut's friends fought over their creations. Today beers such as Cuckoo Red or Salto Orale from the label Emma - beers without a beard have become an integral part of the craft beer scene. Her Mexican Standoff Stout was created in collaboration with Freigeist Bierkultur and the brewing collective Freiburg - a successful collaboration between the bearded and the unbearable From teaching to brewing Almut is actually a teacher. But that doesn't stop the power woman from doing anything. Not even the many voices that prevented them from becoming self-employed and wanted to bring them back to the safe nest of civil servants. Almut fights, but not with the others, but above all with herself. Before she quits teaching in 2016 and swaps blanks for hops, she first has to fathom the meaning of life for herself. One thing is clear: the Bavarian likes to do something with her hands. And after the first more or less successful brewing attempts in homebrew, she created the first really acceptable beers. Passable beers that are far too good not to make them accessible to the general public. Almut decides and Emma is born. On it a Zapotopaz!
