Docks Beers celebrates pride ‘loudly and proudly’ with brand new collection

Docks Beers celebrates pride ‘loudly and proudly’ with brand new collection

Docks Beers is diving headfirst into Pride month by launching a series of beers named after four inspirational figures of the LGBTQ+ movement.

Taproom Supervisor Jenny Shenton, the driver behind the project, explains why the brewery is so committed to this cause.

She said: “Since moving to this town, Docks Beers and Docks Academy have always been my personal safe space. We now feel it’s time to roll out this feeling, by publicly announcing that Docks Beers is a zero-tolerance space towards hatred of anyone and everyone. Next month, we particularly want to show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ movement and allow people to feel safe in our spaces.

“I am proudly part of the LGBTQ+ community, along with others in the Docks Beers crew and we welcome everyone to join us during Pride Month. On June 10th, we will be launching four beers – Our Proud Collection – named after LGBTQ+ legends, that fought for our rights and changed the face of the movement to where we are today.”

Shahram Shadan, Docks Beers Director, explains why the King Edward Street brewery and venue is ardently supportive of this campaign: “It’s a responsibility for businesses to create environments that are safe spaces for both customers and employees. At Docks we firmly believe that hate and bigotry towards anyone should not be tolerated. Jenny’s idea to shine a spotlight on the Pride celebration inspired us and made us question our own space and how we can be better.

“Over the last few weeks we have undertaken awareness training, led by Jenny, about LGBTQ+  with many of our staff. This has allowed us to gain a better insight into the challenges faced by this community. We want to be able to welcome anyone to the Docks Beers in an inclusive way, and make it a place where everyone feels safe. We are making information available to our customers and also undertaking a pledge to become a safe space for all patrons by publicly declaring a zero tolerance policy for any sort of hatred. We want our customers to know that if they experience any prejudice in any of our premises they should make our staff or security aware and it will be dealt with swiftly and accordingly.”

The limited run series of four brews, called the ‘PROUD’ collection, include:

• Sylvia Rivera – Light Lager with Lemon. Brewed with Pale lager malt and torrified rice lashings of lemon zest. This is a super crisp and easy going beer 4.7 %
• Marsha P. Johnson – An American pale ale with orange and passion fruit. Bursting with aromas of ripe passion fruit or zesty Valencian oranges backed by a hearty addition of American and European hops. 6%
• Gilbert Baker – A mixed berry sour which takes its lead from German style lower gravity sours but has been flipped it into overdrive with a cocktail of berries 4.3%
• Brenda Howard – Hemp oil IPA which is a hazy jazzed up IPA featuring some of our favorite dank American hops as well as a dose of hemp oil 4.2%

Lewis Birch, Senior Brewer said: “These four beers are all unique, and are named and themed after four influential figures of the LGBTQ+ movement.

“..We would love as many people as possible to come to the Church, try the beers and help us show that the community we have here at Docks is a friendly, non-judgemental space for all!”