August 6, 2020
Taylor Goebel, Ryan Cormier, and Alex Biese
Joyhound Beer Company founder Alfred Rotimi holds up his signature brews. Image courtesy of Alfred Rotimi, via Delmarva Now.
Black brewers in Maryland want to make one thing clear: Craft beer is for everyone.
At a time when social movements such as Black Lives Matter are re-focusing attention on issues of race, it’s hard to avoid the obvious: the craft beer and alcohol industry is pretty white, both here in Maryland and across the country.
Black-owned breweries in Maryland make up just 2.5% to 3% of the state’s total, according to Jim Bauckman of Brewers Association of Maryland.
That’s fewer than five Black-owned breweries in the state, he said, adding that the craft beer industry for the past 15 to 20 years has been predominantly white.
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