San Antonio’s Weathered Souls Brewing Leads Black Is Beautiful Beer Collaboration [Inc Recipe]

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San Antonio’s Weathered Souls Brewing Leads Black Is Beautiful Beer Collaboration [Inc Recipe]

#1 Post by ryanmetcalf » Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:03 am

https://blackisbeautiful.beer/

https://www.brewbound.com/news/san-anto ... laboration
Within 24 hours of announcing the Black is Beautiful collaboration beer on Monday, Weathered Souls Brewing co-founder and head brewer Marcus J. Baskerville heard from nearly 100 craft breweries who wanted to participate.

“We’ve had a decent amount of reception,” Baskerville told Brewbound on Tuesday. “We’ve had some pretty big names already reach out to us that want to participate.”

Black is Beautiful is a collaborative initiative spearheaded by the San Antonio, Texas-based craft brewery “to bring awareness to the injustices that many people of color face daily,” according to the brewery’s website.

Participating breweries can sign up on the Black is Beautiful online portal. They are asked to brew Black is Beautiful, an imperial stout, use the same label design and donate proceeds to organizations in their communities that support police brutality reform or legal defense funds.
Commercial Recipe: https://blackisbeautiful.beer/wp-conten ... utiful.pdf
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10lb Pale Malt
2lb Oats, Flaked
1lb Chocolate Malt
12oz (3/4lb) Flaked Barley
12oz (3/4lb) Caramel 120L
12oz (3/4lb) Roasted Barely
8oz (1/2lb) Chocolate Rye Malt
4oz (1/4lb) Black (Patent) Malt
1lb Corn Sugar (Dextrose)
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Re: San Antonio’s Weathered Souls Brewing Leads Black Is Beautiful Beer Collaboration [Inc Recipe]

#2 Post by ryanmetcalf » Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:55 pm

Some of the local breweries participating so far Credit to Alana Broyles of ElevenThreeKC for researching/consolidating the list!

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Re: San Antonio’s Weathered Souls Brewing Leads Black Is Beautiful Beer Collaboration [Inc Recipe]

#3 Post by Ace » Wed Jun 10, 2020 3:54 pm

I just called down to Fields and Ivy, was told that they would be brewing it closer to August. Looking forward to it!

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#4 Post by ryanmetcalf » Thu Jun 11, 2020 10:41 am

Good to know! If I hear/see any other dates or breweries, I'll try and circle back with updates

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#5 Post by ryanmetcalf » Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:40 pm

Article in Feast Magazine from Pete Dulin
https://www.feastmagazine.com/kansas-ci ... 19261.html
In Kansas City, several Black homebrewers and craft beer fans have partnered with local breweries to produce Black is Beautiful. Nigel Woodberry, who works at Wind Shift Brewing and Diametric Brewing, helped brew the beer at both breweries. He took the lead on brewing Black is Beautiful at Wind Shift, where they used molasses and blackberries sourced from the City Market.

“Diametric had several members of the Shades of Craft Beer Facebook group come and brew it,” Woodberry says. Those participating included Shades of Craft Beer founder Woodie Bonds as well as Elliott Ivory, Jonathan Scott and Givon Blakney. Proceeds from sales of the beer will go toward Greater Kansas City Community Foundation's Black Community Fund.

Woodberry met Weathered Souls co-founder Marcus Baskerville this past August at Fresh Fest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “When Marcus got the inspiration to do a beer with proceeds benefiting social justice causes, I was immediately in,” Woodberry says. “One of my missions is to diversify craft beer. This beer is an opportunity to open conversations about race, social injustice and other topics at the forefront of this country now.”

Kansas City’s brewing community was quick to embrace and support the Black is Beautiful initiative. “Every brewery knows we need to be more diverse,” Woodberry says. “[Of the] brewery owners in Kansas City I know, they are people who not only think locally, but they're also interested in social issues. Not many industries can come together for causes like the beer community can. The Black is Beautiful beer project is a unique way to keep the conversation going about race issues in this country.”

Bonds helped brew Black is Beautiful at Diametric as well as at Transport Brewery. “I wanted to be a part of this because I feel like social inequality has been a huge plague in the Black community,” he says. “We should be treated with the same respect and dignity as any other race but we are not. Seeing these breweries step up and be a part of something much bigger and then to bring change is soul-stirring.”

As word spread in recent weeks about Black is Beautiful, many breweries began devising plans to get involved. Wind Shift Brewing co-founder and brewer Tony DiPlacito says it was a pretty unanimous decision among their team to support Race Project KC. “In what other industry could you bring over 900 businesses together in almost every state in support of cause?” he says “It's inspiring and we're all proud to be a part of it.”

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#6 Post by ryanmetcalf » Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:27 am

https://www.kctv5.com/ott/news/crane-br ... f05d4.html

Crane Brewing joins movement, brews ‘Black Is Beautiful’ beer
Crane Brewing joins movement, brews 'Black Is Beautiful' beer
The latest effort to raise awareness about the injustices people of color face on a daily basis has now tapped the beer market and one movement is really gaining momentum one glass at a time.

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