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The Portsmouth Brewery<\/a>\u2019s tagline is \u201cWe Serve All Types\u201d \u2013 and their recent release proves that they aren\u2019t just serving, they\u2019re empowering. In October, the New Hampshire brewpub released an herbal craft beer brewed with menopausal women in mind. It was so well received, the brewery has released Libeeration, a menopause beer, for a second time.<\/p>\n

Libeeration combines Saphir hops with herbs that herbalists claim help assuage symptoms associated with hormonal shifts; herbs like motherwort, lemon balm, chamomile, stinging nettle, mugwort, rose, chickweed and damiana. The result, the brewery\u2019s website explains, is a \u201cgruit style ale that\u2019s golden straw in color with fruity, spicy, earthy flavors.\u201d And it weighs in at more than 6 percent ABV.<\/p>\n

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Portsmouth Brewery’s co-owner wanted a beer to celebrate women. (Credit: The Portsmouth Brewery)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s gratifying to see women enjoying Libeeration and celebrating this stage in life,\u201d Portsmouth Brewery co-owner Joanne Francis says. \u201cWe anticipated women who were already beer drinkers would be delighted by its complex flavor, but now it\u2019s clear Libeeration is making converts out of folks who didn\u2019t think they liked beer at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

(READ: 5 Epic Craft Beer Road Trips<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

For Francis, a 57-year-old brewing veteran, this was a personal quest.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I aged, I began to feel more and more marginalized and more of an outcast in the business that I worked in, and I knew that a lot of girlfriends had a huge passion for beer, but nothing was really particularly being devoted to this age group, the over-50 woman,\u201d she tells the Foster\u2019s Daily Democrat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And quite the quest it was.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taken years to bring this idea to market,\u201d Francis says. Six years, to be exact. \u201cAfter consulting with women health practitioners and herbalists, our team came up with ingredients believed to relieve symptoms like sleeplessness, hot flashes and mood swings.\u201d<\/p>\n

(READ: 7 Breweries Worth a Detour<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

However, as Francis emphasizes in her interview with the Boston Globe, the beer does not make any medicinal claims.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Francis says she wants to change the way people think about menopause. \u201cWe want to shift the mentality from focusing on the negative aspects of this stage in life, to celebrating the liberating aspects! Fun, crazy, wildly different: that was our goal to reach women who truly what it means to be hot!\u201d<\/p>\n

With the second release of this groundbreaking beer, it\u2019s clear that Francis and her partner Peter Egelston have successfully tapped into an unexpected market.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s gratifying to see women enjoying Libeeration and celebrating this stage in life.\u201d Joanne Francis, Portsmouth Brewery<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(READ: Women’s Evolving Role in Brewing Beer<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see women flex their purchasing power,\u201d Head Brewer Matt Gallagher says. \u201cAn added bonus is the beer is so refreshing and unique that men are loving it too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Want to get your hands on this empowering brew? Head over to The Portsmouth Brewery to catch it on draught, or you can pick up the bottles at their retail store location at 56 Market Street.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not a New Hampshire native, brewery spokeswoman Chelsey Puffer has shed a ray of hope. In a statement to Newsweek<\/a> she says, \u201cthere are some plans for a larger-scale distribution in the works.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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