Author Archives : The Beer Wench


About The Beer Wench

Ashley is a self-proclaimed craft beer evangelist & social media maven on a mission to advance the craft beer industry through education, inspiration and advocacy. She is currently the “Director of Awesomeness” at Bison Brewing in Berkeley, CA — where her responsibilities include everything from marketing, sales, PR, social media & events. Ashley is also a freelance consultant and professional speaker on the subjects of social media, beer mixology, food & beverage pairings. She is the founder of DrinkWithTheWench.com & BeerMixology.com as well as a regular contributor to CraftBeer.com.


IPA Day Infographic 2

To commemorate IPA Day, the world’s largest celebration of craft beer, my good friend Gina Schuland of Deschutes Brewery worked with her co-worker Rebecca Selkregg to put together this really awesome infographic. They were able to come up with some awesome, fun & educational data from IRI and create this illustration to share with fans […]

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IPA Day 2013 Color

Official 2013 IPA Day Logo Unveiled! 8

Last week, dozens of breweries, beer bloggers and craft beer enthusiasts joined together to simultaneously announce the return of IPA Day! The 3rd Annual IPA Day will be hosted on August 1st 2013 (it is always the first Thursday of August). And today, I’m very excited to unveil the official logo for IPA Day 2013—designed […]


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Breweries, Keep Your Legal Battles OFF of Social Media 26

Well, it is quite apparent that SOME breweries did not attend the Social Media seminar during the 2013 Craft Brewers Conference—where we clearly and quite strongly advised AGAINST using social media to wage a war, legal or not, against another brewery. And if said breweries did attend the seminar, they obviously were not listening. So […]


Alabama Becomes 50th State to Legalize Homebrewing 1

As you may recall, Mississippi finally legalized homebrewing this March—nearly 80 years after the end of Prohibition—leaving Alabama as the only state that had not legalized homebrewing. Well, kids, I have some exciting news!! Last night, May 7th 2913, the Alabama Senate passed a bill legalizing homebrewing—making Alabama the 50th and final state in America […]

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