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Saturday, August 11, 2018

African-American Craft Beer Brewers Unite To Host A Festival Of Their Own

To tell how the nation's first black beer festival came to be held in Pittsburgh, you might start with a beer.

Maybe it was that introductory Sam Adams Boston Lager that longtime Michelob and Heineken guy Mike Potter drank more than a decade ago. "It had a completely different profile, a completely different taste, you know, completely different aroma," he says. "It just elevated my curiosity."

Or maybe it should be the bottle of Blue Moon that Day Bracey tipped shortly after he got out of college, thanks to $1 specials at a now-defunct bar in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood. "That was the first time I drank anything that tasted relatively decent," says Bracey. In college, he and his friends drank "Natty Ice and Vladimir [Vodka]."

In any case, their tastebuds ultimately led them to found Fresh Fest, the first-ever beer festival for breweries owned by African-Americans, along with stand-up comic Ed Bailey.

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15 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was intrigued until I read his shirt. He can keep his deer urine. I'll stick with bud.

Anonymous said...

LOL

if we had a white beer meeting

we be racist

Anonymous said...

Why do black people have to keep everything based on race? Why can't they join the beer makers across the nation and compete to be a best beer maker?

White people, yellow people, red people NEVER would consider this.

This is just black people being racist. No one should even give them the time of day.

Anonymous said...

Its the only game they have....no intelligence needed to cry race...Jackson, Farrakhan, Maxine and Sharpton are prime examples, low hanging fruits!!!

Anonymous said...

I don't like Colt 45 and malt liquor type "beers."

Anonymous said...

Because of tribalism. We’ve all been conditioned to this pattern that has continued. Why is there a black elks lodge and a white one?
Somewhere along the line those that achieve success in the life of a black man in America draws you to celebrate and try and show success when the main image you see is negativity

Anonymous said...

There really is a shortage of quality Malt Liqueur.

Anonymous said...

And that’s why you sir, are a problem.

Anonymous said...

You do, every time you go to a bar.

Anonymous said...

They aren’t doing malts. Stick to your Milwaukee’s Best.

Anonymous said...

Diversity???

Anonymous said...

In less than 20 years, the Sharptons, Jacksons, Farrakhans, Maxines, et als of the world will be GONE.

Who will represent? The Don Lemon's of the world??? God help the black pop if that's the case!

Anonymous said...

Also when the Brewing Association meets.

Anonymous said...

@10:23 you have white idiots like local Dan Ohare who thinks he knows what the plight of black holds. He's too stupid to realize that he's merely a pawn and being used to get into different white circles otherwise unavailable

Anonymous said...

What's the catch?? Does it come in pig's feet and collared greens flavors?? F*** you idiots