As we mentioned, the Lagerheads have been reading The Naked Pint by Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune, in anticipation of meeting them this week (which you can do Tuesday night at ChurckKey). The book naturally appeals to women because it is written by two female beer experts, and when you’re into something not that many other women are into, it’s nice to be able to reach out to each other.

That said, although the female perspective represented in the book is both thoughtful and entertaining, The Naked Pint is a thorough guide to all things beer written for anyone, not just the ladies. Still, all this talk of women and beer got us thinking. In addition to gals like Christina and Hallie, what queens of beer do like-minded female beer geeks have to look up to? We put together a not-at-all exhaustive list below.

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The filmmaker behind Beer Wars, a documentary that probes the great divide between craft brewers and the multi-national beer behemoths, has borrowed a page from the small guys and is creating buzz for her debut film by limiting its availability — a one-day-only screening tonight at theaters across the nation. The marketing for the flick seems mostly grass-roots, too; Y&H only heard about the screening through the DC-Beer listserv.

Director Anat Baron, a former Hollywood producer and general manager for Mike’s Hard Lemonade, has not only put together this insider doc but has also engineered an entire nationwide event around it. The theaters showing the film will also plug into a live simulcast discussion featuring subjects from the documentary, including Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione and New Century Brewing founder Rhonda Kallman. The event starts at 8 p.m. today at various theaters around the area. Check this list for the one nearest you.

The whole thing, of course, sounds like a Beer Nerd Fest of the highest order, but as Baron points out on the Beer Wars Web site:

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