Sarah Real (She/Her) Sarah is the owner and head brewer of Hot Plate Brewing Co., the only Latina-owned brewery in Massachusetts. Prior to opening Hot Plate in February 2023, Sarah was most recently the Sr. Director of Consumer Insights at Nickelodeon, which was the last role she held in an almost twenty-year career working in children’s media. An avid homebrewer and craft beer fan, she left her former career to answer the call for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in an industry composed predominantly of straight, white, cisgendered males. Since opening the brewery, Sarah has been named as one of the Imbibe 75 by Imbibe Magazine, and Hot Plate has been recognized by USA Today as one of the 10 Best New Breweries in the country. The brewery has also been recognized and/or awarded by VinePair, Rural Intelligence Readers’ Choice Awards, Best of the Berkshires, Uproxx, Wine Enthusiast. Sarah also serves on the board of the Pink Boots Society and the Massachusetts Brewers Guild.

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