Grace Lee-Weitz, Author at CraftBeer.com

Grace Lee-Weitz

Grace is the senior content editor for Hop Culture and Untappd, writing stories and curating content on the diverse voices in craft beer across the globe. She has also organized and produced the largest weeklong festival in the country for women, femme-identifying, and non-binary people in craft beer, Beers With(out) Beards, and the first-ever festival celebrating the colorful, vibrant voices in the queer community in craft beer, Queer Beer. Her favorite accompaniment to drinking beer is reading an Agatha Christie or Louise Penny novel while watching a British crime show.

Full Pour

Top Surgery & the Taproom: Beer Workers’ Search for Gender-Affirming Care

By: Grace Lee-Weitz | December 16, 2024

"When you work in the taproom, you don’t just get gender-affirming care or top surgery, wake up the next day, and go right back to work; you fight to be your authentic self and survive."

beers without beards festival — The Beers With(out) Beards Festival returns to New York in August 2019. (Lauren Perlstein)

From Thesis to Festival: Beers With(out) Beards Returns Bigger and Better Than Ever

By: Grace Lee-Weitz | July 12, 2019

The New York City beer festival that features women brewers and female-led breweries is back in 2019. The founder tells you what's new.

Festivals

Beers With(out) Beards Craft Beer Festival Returns to New York City

By: Grace Lee-Weitz | June 25, 2019

Beers With(out) Beards Slices Through the Stubble of Craft Beer

By: Grace Lee-Weitz | July 23, 2018

Beers With(out) Beards takes place from August 7 to12, with multiple events that touch on various aspects of craft beer culture that focus on women.