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13th March 2008

Women of the beerosphere: Beer Molly

March is National Women’s History Month here in the United States. It is an annual celebration of women and their roles in history, sponsored by the National Women’s History Project. As with so much else, the realm of beer seems dominated by men. It is primarily men who are marketed to, primarily men who are the brewers and homebrewers, and primarily men who write about beer. But not entirely. The blogosphere is no different. So, to celebrate Women’s History Month, Hop Talk is taking time out to get to know some of these women.

Beer Molly

What is your name?
Terri Osterfeld, but everyone calls me “Beer Molly” because I like to wear Irish peasant dresses at beer festivals.

What is your location?
San Diego County, California — craft beer capitol of the United States, perhaps the world.

What is your blog?
www.mybeerpix.com

Do you have a favorite style of beer? What is it?
I love a good porter. Chocolate porter if you have it, but just about any porter will do.

How did you come to write a blog about beer?
Living where we do, there’s no lack of selection of great breweries or beer bars. A couple of years ago my husband bought me a phone with a camera on it — something which I’d never wanted. But I started playing with it, and after a while got to like it. When people would call or text me and ask what I was doing, I’d send them a picture of my beer. After I while I started sending the photos unsolicited, and my friends would write back “oh great, a picture of your beer.” To save them my husband put up my beer blog and made it so I could send photos and text directly from my phone. Now no matter where I am I can blog about my beer.

What prejudices have you had to overcome?
Whenever we go to restaurants, beer festivals, pubs or whatever, many guys assume I don’t know anything about beer. It used to be irritating, but now I just laugh it off because I get to hang out with some of the best brewers in the world (I’m Tomme Arthur’s — of Port Brewing / Lost Abbey fame — personal assistant). I get to drink stuff many people only dream of.

Any other passions?
Dachshunds. I have two minis and another blog dedicated to them — www.doxienation.com. Girl thing, I know.

Any parting thoughts?
I think women beer bloggers are a lot more common than you think. I work the tasting room at Port Brewing / Lost Abbey every weekend with my girlfriend, Mojo. We see lots of guys, but almost as many women. I think girls love beer as much as guys, but they don’t get into the technicalities of “oh, this is malty with flavors of bread and apples” type stuff. We’re into the people aspect of beer and enjoy just sitting and talking as much as the beer itself. So while you may not see us on Ratebeer.com, or writing on a strictly beer blog, we’re out there. You just need to look around.

Beer Molly is half of the writing–and photography–team at My Beer Pix (RSS feed)

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