{"id":6872,"date":"2022-05-26T10:57:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/?p=6872"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:16:32","slug":"female-iceland-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/female-iceland-brewery\/","title":{"rendered":"In conversation with Agnes Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, one of Iceland’s only female microbrewers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On our women-only tours with Insight Vacations, we champion women who have created opportunities in their local community and love to hear their inspiring stories. Today we meet Agnes Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, creator of the female-led Iceland brewery that is one of the only microbreweries in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Imagine this: living in a village of just 100 people where fishing is the main industry and beer drinking is not part of the culture as it\u2019s been illegal for 80 years. Then consider starting a female-led microbrewery there. This is exactly what Agnes set out to do in 2006. Read on to find out more about Agnes and her Iceland brewery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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HOW TO BUILD AN ICELAND BREWERY FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS…<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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