A COLLABORATION will see 24 female brewers working together to produce a new beer in a first for the industry.

Jenn Merrick, founder of Earth Station is joining 14 brewers, seven Heriot-Watt students and three lecturers to celebrate the future of women in the beer sector.

Spearheaded by Merrick and Katie McCain of Pressure Drop Brewing, the team will create a limited-edition kettle sour beer. Brewers will be in attendance from companies including Pressure Drop, Truman’s Brewery, Cloudwater, Wiper and True, Fuller’s and Burnt Mill.

Greg Wells, founder of We Are Beer, the company behind the London, Edinburgh and Bristol Craft Beer Festivals, who commissioned the project, said: “We identified that 35 per cent of our festival attendees were female and this is growing year on year. We believe most people still perceive ‘beer’ as quite masculine, but in actuality, that is changing dramatically, which is good for this fast-growing sector and something we’re striving to push.”