Campaign to support Croatia’s first all female-run cooperative craft brewery

Two female brewers from the Croatian city of Zadar, located on the Dalmatian coast, have launched a crowdfunding campaign to support Croatia’s first cooperative craft brewery run by women.

Ana Teskera and Maja Šepetavec from the Brlog brewery have raised over 50% of their US$8,000 goal, having begun their campaign only yesterday.

“From our brewing hobby came an idea, and from that idea — Croatia’s first cooperative craft brewery. [...] A cooperative is a way to transform the talents of two women with brewing skills into an inclusive, organic group of people who can construct, programme, book-keep, write business plans, and create,” the women stated.

According to Ms Teskera and Ms Šepetavec, the development of such small businesses is important for the city of Zadar.

“We enjoy contributing to development of this small city by the sea. During the summer months, Zadar thrives, but as the weather cools and tourists return to their home countries, Zadar needs its own enterprises to keep it vibrant and strong,” they added.

In order to increase their commercial capacity through a change of premises, the brewers have turned to crowdfunding. You can view their campaign here.

Source: Croatia Week