Women and Beer

Name: Becky Julseth

Title/Position: Co-Owner / First Lady of Cool

Company Name: Salt Spring Island Ales (Gulf Islands Brewing Ltd)

Company Website Link: www.saltspringislandales.com

City, State, Country: Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada

Former Career: Media arts/Videography, Marketing Manager

Favorite Beer Memory: The moment I convinced my husband that we should buy his uncle's Brewery.

Proudest Beer Moment: So far, it's been standing in my amazingly beautiful hops field, 8 months after first planting.

Hobbies and Other Quirks: Throwing parties, karaoke, growing vegetables, being outdoors, fishing, drinking good beer, travel, eating good food

Short Biography: Becky dove into the beer business in 2008 when she and her husband Neil took over the tiny, but award-winning 'Gulf Islands Brewing', located at the site of a spring, in a small barn on Salt Spring Island, BC. At only 30, Becky is both co-owner and co-conspirator in a mission to advance the "cottage" brewery movement in Canada and beyond. Becky has a formal background in Art History, Film and Communications Arts and worked for years in telling stories with words and pictures in the field of marketing and communications. She now works hard to tell the story of good beer, made in small batches with locally-sourced ingredients. Becky championed the plantation of an organic estate hops field on beautiful Salt Spring Island, adjacent to the brewery. By connecting production from farm to cup, she aspires to produce beers that embody the flavor and character of the island.