Black is Beautiful: Louisiana breweries craft beers to spread racial injustice awareness
It s a beer.
San Antonio-based brewery Weathered Souls Brewery created its Black Is Beautiful stout last May, but the collaboration for justice through beer is now opening up to the rest of the nation.
Breweries in Louisiana and across the U.S. are taking part in the initiative and the world s largest retailer is helping out. Walmart is working with breweries across the South to sell this dark beer that will have proceeds go to organizations that support police brutality reform and legal defenses for those who have been wronged, according to the Black Is Beautiful website.
Parish Brewing Co. s version of the beer is called the Black is Beautiful Dessert Stout. Our Black is Beautiful stout is both bold and decadent. We rested the massive base on smooth, Ugandan vanilla beans before dousing it with French Artisan caramel syrup and sprinkling with flaked sea salt. Aromas of salted caramel lattes greet the nose with hints of crème brulée on the palate, the website states.
Zony Mash Beer Project s incarnation is brewed with 150 pounds of Cafe Reconcile s Sweet Potato Crumble making this a deliciously thick beer, according to its website.
As a caveat of joining the initiative, breweries taking part pledged to donate a portion of the sales to groups dedicated to the initiative.
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