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Local breweries sell ‘Black is Beautiful’ branded beer, raising funds to fight police brutality [SC]
WSPA News7 ^ | July 3, 2020 | Kristen Cheatam

Posted on 07/03/2020 2:44:01 PM PDT by buckalfa

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – Breweries here in Greenville and across the country are making efforts stand in solidarity with the Black community and with those who have lost their lives to police brutality.

As of Friday afternoon, Liability Brewing Company, Birds Fly South Ale Project and Fireforge Crafted Beer are the only breweries in the Greenville area that are participating in the ‘Black is Beautiful’ beer campaign.

After seeing protests nationwide and in Greenville, owners at Liability Brewing Co. said they reached out to their friend in the Black community to ask about ways they can help support those fighting against police brutality.

They came across the campaign and decided it was something they want to participate in and used their own money and resources to print labels and package their Black is Beautiful branded beers.

“We want to help, we want to amplify your voice. We want to amplify the voices of other people of color of locally owned black businesses and we stared to think about all the different ways that we could do it. Participating in the Black is Beautiful collaboration brew was just one of those ways,” Kathy Horner, co-owner at Liability Brewing Company, said.

The campaign was initiated by Weathered Souls Brewing Company in Texas and aims to bring awareness to injustices that Black people and people of color face daily and to raise funds to help win the fight against police brutality.

Birds Fly South is located in an under served community and just minutes away from West Greenville. Lindsay Johnson, co-owner at Birds Fly South, said this cause is near and dear to her heart and she couldn’t just sit on her hands and do nothing.

“Over here in our community we’ve been trying to advocate for under served communities since the beginning, especially the neighborhood that we’re in, we’re in a very under served community here in our neighborhood and it’s been important to us to do whatever we can as a brewery,” Johnson said.

She said they also participated in a fundraiser for Black Lives Matter a few months ago.

The featured recipe for the beer is intended to be an entirely new stout-based beer, each brewer participating in the campaign is asked to put their own twist in their beer recipes.

All proceeds from every beer ordered will be donated to black organizations in the community. Owners at Liability Brewing and Birds Fly South Ale Project said they will be donating their funds to the Urban League of the Upstate.

As of today 946 breweries across the nation are participating in the campaign, nine of those are in the state of South Carolina.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: beer; blm; breweries
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To: Songcraft

21 posted on 07/03/2020 3:39:18 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: buckalfa

White Lives Matter T-shirts.

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https://www.amazon.com/Matter-Designs-Graphic-Shirts-T-Shirt/dp/B089QMXX4W/ref=psdc_9056987011_t1_B089QMFZ53

https://www.amazon.com/Matter-Designs-Graphic-Shirts-T-Shirt/dp/B089QDCF6D/ref=psdc_9056987011_t3_B089QMFZ53


22 posted on 07/03/2020 3:39:22 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: buckalfa

“‘Black is Beautiful’ branded beer”

That fits right up there with this.

Fat, Attractive & Inked T-Shirt
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fat-is-Beautiful-Apparel-Attractive/dp/B07Z92CBKD/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1593816512&refinements=p_4%3AFat+is+Beautiful+Apparel&s=clothing&sr=1-1


23 posted on 07/03/2020 3:48:59 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: Bonemaker



24 posted on 07/03/2020 3:50:53 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: buckalfa

So no white frothy heads


25 posted on 07/03/2020 3:56:05 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: buckalfa

Isn’t “Black is Beautiful” one of the three biggest lies? You know...the check is in the mail...I promise I won’t...


26 posted on 07/03/2020 3:59:33 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: buckalfa

Bell Curve shirt

https://www.amazon.com/Forget-Average-Be-Outlier-Statistics/dp/B07YP3J4FX/ref=sr_1_41?dchild=1&keywords=bell+curve+t-shirt&qid=1593817387&sr=8-41


27 posted on 07/03/2020 4:04:45 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: datura

+1


28 posted on 07/03/2020 4:07:11 PM PDT by sauropod (I will not comply.)
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To: buckalfa

WHITE is beautiful beer! Now THAT wouldn’t be racist would it?


29 posted on 07/03/2020 4:18:57 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: buckalfa

WHITE is beautiful beer! Now THAT wouldn’t be racist would it?


30 posted on 07/03/2020 4:18:58 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Songcraft

31 posted on 07/03/2020 4:20:22 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker

32 posted on 07/03/2020 4:27:59 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: wally_bert
thankfully I don't live there....

I'm not donating to anything having to do with a certain community....I might donate to some group in Haiti or Africa....

33 posted on 07/03/2020 4:29:28 PM PDT by cherry
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To: buckalfa

If it’s not malt liquor then it’s not made for black people, it’s made for white people.

Racists!


34 posted on 07/03/2020 4:30:33 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Songcraft

35 posted on 07/03/2020 4:38:28 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: buckalfa

I think a few of the local microbreweries that I will no longer visit are into this BLM virtue-signalling BS. Been trying to cut back my beer-drinking lately, this makes it much easier.


36 posted on 07/03/2020 4:40:56 PM PDT by Ratman0823 (Today's news is all about the Leftist's "narrative". If it doesn't fit, the sheeple don't see it.)
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To: Bonemaker

37 posted on 07/03/2020 4:48:36 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: buckalfa

“As of Friday afternoon, Liability Brewing Company, Birds Fly South Ale Project and Fireforge Crafted Beer are the only breweries in the Greenville area that are participating in the ‘Black is Beautiful’ beer campaign.”

The dumbasses have put themselves out of business. Bikers and patriots don’t drink pissy, weak Marxist beer. The politically-correct weenies don’t have the numbers to drink barrels of pig slop.


38 posted on 07/03/2020 4:52:58 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: Bonemaker

That picture is not complete without a carton of Newports alongside the beverage.


39 posted on 07/03/2020 5:24:41 PM PDT by Bernard ("I don't know if that's true:" Schiff said.)
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To: Bernard
😎
40 posted on 07/03/2020 5:58:41 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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