Duration Brewing Announce First International Women’s Collaborative Brew Day Along With a Commemorative Beer Release for 2026

Award-winning Norfolk brewery to host an International Collaborative Women’s

Brew Day on 7^th March and release two beers to celebrate women in beer and encourage more women in to brewing roles 

Date of release: 19^th Jan 2026 - For Immediate Release 

From Duration Brewing 

Contact Miranda Hudson 07930349044 / miranda@durationbeer.com  

Duration Brewing will host their first International Women’s Day brew on Saturday 7th March at their award-winning farmhouse brewery in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. An open invitation is extended to all female identifying people to come and join in on a brew with celebrated brewer Virginia Casadio.

International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day (IWCBD) is a worldwide annual event that takes place on and around 8th March every year to mark International Women’s Day. Brewery teams and home brewers are encouraged to come together with their communities and local groups to celebrate women in the beer industry, and to create and release collaboration beers inspired by a central theme, raising funds for women’s causes. 

Duration’s free drop-in event is being hosted by Duration’s brewer Virginia Casadio and founder and managing director Miranda Hudson. With the theme for 2026 being Unite - Belonging and Duration will double down with not one but two beers releases. The first Maya Shines a 5.2% Pale Ale from Duration will follow this year’s theme and will launch at the event. The other beer will be brewed on the day, for release in early 2027.  

Virginia says

‘I am excited to be part of this international initiative. I can’t say too much other than we’ll be using locally farmed and malted grains and we’ve gone for a barrel aged, bottle conditioned beer with a secret ingredient that we’ll forage for together, later in the year. What I can say is, if you want break into the brewing industry or simply gain more knowledge on beer making, please come along. It will be a friendly and great day with lots of opportunities to chat, observe, network and drink!’

Miranda adds:

Virgi’s giving a gentle yoga session before the brew and we’ll finish up with some tasty bevs in the taproom where we are launching our Unite – Belonging beer Maya Shines – one Virgi prepared earlier! It feels like the right year for Duration to join this initiative to lift up women and let them know they belong in beer. Our event is free to attend, no experience is needed and there is even a bursary of up to £100 to assist with travel, childcare or taking time off to come along. You can apply for on the Women on Tap website until 11^th Feb 2026.’

Duration’s was recently listed in the Top 8 UK Breweries (of 1600) and Top 8 UK Taprooms (of over 500) by Pete Brown for The Times. The taproom will be open for everyone (friends + family welcome) throughout the day with pizza available. There will also the monthly brewery tour on 12-1pm which will include 30mins in the brewhouse for a rare live glimpse of a live brew in action. 

More info visit durationbeer.com/events

To book free tickets visit shop.durationbeer.com

To see other participating venues visit bit.ly/iwcbd2026 

Photos to use in any publication of Virginia, Miranda, Duration and the Unite Brew / Women on Tap Logos can be found HERE 

Cheers!  

Miranda Hudson  

For more information contact Miranda Hudson on 07930 349 004 or miranda@durationber.com  

ABOUT DURATION BREWING  

Duration is a modern farmhouse brewery in West Norfolk making beers that belong. Fresh beers and wild and blended farm-style ales with a sense of time and place. Founded in 2019, our vision is to build a destination farmhouse brewery that is educational, pioneering and brings jobs and skills to the area. Surrounded by the creative solitude of nature we make good beer, with good people, in a way that respects where we are. 

Contact: Miranda Hudson 07930349044 / miranda@durationbeer.com  

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