Black-Owned Beer

Black-Owned Beer

Craft beer from Black-owned breweries — IPAs, stouts, lagers, ales, and sours brewed with culture and community.

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2000ale

Harlem Brewing Company

Celeste Beatty · New York, NY

2011lager

Cajun Fire Brewing

Cajun Fire Founders · New Orleans, LA

2013ale

Green Bench Brewing

Khris Johnson · St. Petersburg, FL

2016stout

Weathered Souls Brewing

Marcus Baskerville · San Antonio, TX

2017ale

Khonso Brewing

Kevin Downing · Atlanta, GA

2017stout

Down Home Brewing

Chris Reeves · Atlanta, GA

2018lager

Rhythm Brewing

Alisa Bowens-Mercado · New Haven, CT

2018ipa

Crowns & Hops Brewing Co.

Beny Ashburn & Teo Hunter · Inglewood, CA

2018ale

Montclair Brewery

Denise Ford Sawadogo & Leo Sawadogo · Montclair, NJ

2018lager

Full Circle Brewing Co.

Tiombe Bisa Kendrick-Washington · Fresno, CA

2018craft brewery

Spaceway Brewing Company

Briana Brake · Rocky Mount, NC

2018ale

Métier Brewing

Rodney Hines · Portland, OR

2019ale

Atlantucky Brewing

Skinny DeVille · Atlanta, GA

2020ale

Black Horizon Brewing

Charles St. Clair · Chicago, IL

2020ale

Sankofa Beer Company

Sankofa Founders · Washington, DC

2020ale

Novel Strand Brewing

Tarika Lovett · Denver, CO

2020ale

Hippin' Hops Brewery

Clarence Boston · Atlanta, GA

2020ipa

Hella Coastal Brewing

Hella Coastal Founders · Oakland, CA

2021ale

Spaceway Brewing

Spaceway Founders · Houston, TX

2021ale

Brown Girls Brew

Christina Thomas · New York, NY

2021ale

For The Culture Brewing

FTC Founders · Houston, TX

2021ale

Moor's Brewing Co.

Damon Patton · Chicago, IL

2022ale

Black Viking Brewing

Black Viking Founders · Rockville, MD

2022craft brewery

Urban Garden Brewing

Eamoni Collier · Washington, D.C.

2022ale

Joyhound Beer Co.

Joyhound Founders · Baltimore, MD

2023ale

Funkytown Brewery

Rich Bloomfield · Chicago, IL

2023craft brewery

Vine Street Brewing Co.

Kemet Coleman, Elliott Ivory, Woodie Bonds, Jr. · Kansas City, MO

2024ale

Black Fire Winery & Brewery

Black Fire Founders · Tecumseh, MI

2024brewery

Two Locals Brewing Company

Richard Koilor and Mengistu Koilor · Philadelphia, PA

2024ale

Two Locals Brewing

Richard & Mengistu · Philadelphia, PA

2025craft beer

Roar Brewing Company

Evan Fay · Detroit, MI

2025brewery

Roar Brewery

Evan Fay · Detroit, MI

0brewery

Windy Bridges Brew

Marcus Wyatt · Pittsburgh, PA

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