Celebrate Black History Month by taking a cold pour of local IPAs that pay tribute to African-American changemakers.
in Sacramento. “We reached out to three other Black-owned breweries – we wanted to be Black-brewery focused or forward – and we just wanted to do something different. I don’t think anybody had done that before at the time. It was just like, ‘Let’s share the love.'”
Black brewers and brewery staff could certainly use the love. “Across the nation, we’re less than 1 percent, and that’s including brewers, brewery owners, distributors and people of color in the industry altogether,” says Little. “For Sacramento, it’s definitely a rarity – we only have two Black-owned breweries, so that’s iconic in itself.”Last year’s release featured various IPAs highlighting the colors of the Pan-African flag, like a red IPA and a black IPA.
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