⇠ Page 1 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black MID-ATLANTIC BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL Taps for the General: Landmark Tavern Seeks New Name By Mid-Atlantic Breweries Embrace Jim Weber BEER PROJECT Diners in the Bulls Head Public House in the General Sutter Inn in Lititz enjoy the street By Annie Tobey view from the picture window. The brick house across the street is the former residence of General John A. Sutter. PHOTO BY JIM WEBER ctions that occurred thousands conditioned ales. CraftBeer.com has of miles away and over 150 recognized the pub as the best beer years ago can still affect the bar in Pennsylvania, and it’s received ILLUSTRATION BY HANS GRANHEIM legacy of a local landmark. Casque Mark certification—assurance That’s why General John A. of a well-drawn pint—from evalua- ith our nation undergoing a inclusive place for everyone of any color.” ASutter—his image, anyway—is no tors in the U.K. sea change in race relations, And it would share the recipe for that longer welcome in the historic hotel New owner David Stoudt has Weathered Souls Brewing—a beer—a 10%-abv imperial stout— with any and tavern that bears his name. kept up the tradition, but he’s consid- San Antonio, Texas micro- brewery willing to join the cause. The General Sutter Inn in Lititz, ering renaming the business, perhaps brewery that pumped out all of As of mid-July, 989 breweries had Pa. gained its reputation as a beer reviving the Lititz Springs Inn moni- 887W barrels last year—decided it could make See p. 2 destination under the ownership ker that the hotel used before 1930, Beautiful a difference. It would brew a of Paul Pendyck, proprietor from or using Bulls Head Public House as beer called Black Is Beautiful 2006 to 2017. The Liverpool native the name for the whole operation. On “to bridge the gap that’s been converted the breakfast room into June 18, he removed a six-and-a-half around for ages and provide an authentic British pub, dubbed the foot statue of Sutter that had been a platform to show that the Bulls Head Public House, offering 14 hewn out of wood by chainsaw and brewing community is an rotating beers on tap plus two cask- See Sutter p. 3 Kofi Meroe (L) and Amado Carsky, founders of Sankofa INSIDE State by State News Beer Co. in Washington, DC, one of nearly a thousand breweries worldwide brew- ing an imperial stout called Black Is Beautiful. PHOTO COURTESY OF SANKOFA BEER CO. Cyan Magenta Yellow Black ⇠ 2 Mid-Atlantic Brew News Aug/Sept 2020 PUBLISHER Beautiful continued from cover Jamie Magee [email protected] EDITOR agreed to participate, representing all 50 Greg Kitsock states and 19 countries (including Brazil, [email protected] Vietnam and the Philippines). The website https://blackisbeautiful.beer/ listed 124 ADVERTISING breweries in our Mid-Atlantic coverage Next Deadline: September 10 region. Jamie Magee Of more than 8,000 breweries in the 508-308-7889 U.S., only about 60 are black-owned, ac- [email protected] cording to the Brewers Association. Among these is Weathered Souls. “As someone who SALES has personally dealt with the abuse of power Mike Horkan by the police, this recent turmoil the country [email protected] is facing has hit home for me,” writes Marcus Baskerville, the brewery’s founder STATE COR RE SPON DENTS and lead brewer, on the Black Is Beautiful DELAWARE website. George Hummel According to mySA.com, Baskerville [email protected] grew up in a mostly white neighborhood in MARYLAND California and often got pulled over while The combined brew crews of Troegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, Pa. and the Har- Jack Perdue driving. He also reported an incident in ris Family Brewery in Harrisburg, Pa. work on their version of Black Is Beautiful, based [email protected] which he and a cousin were taken into custo- on a recipe by brewmaster Shaun Harris. It's an American brown lager with Pennsylva- BALTIMORE dy by police and treated like suspects merely nia blue corn. There was no word at press time when the beer would be released. PHOTO COURTESY OF TROEGS INDEPENDENT BREWING Steve Andrew for driving a wounded man to a hospital. [email protected] On a Share a Pint podcast, he com- PENNSYLVANIA mented, “I’ve even gone into a store and John Vaccarelli (Eastern Pa.) been looked at crazy by people just because [email protected] I had a hoodie on. I’m a 6’4” and 230-lb Jim Weber (Central Pa.) black man, so I may be intimidating to some [email protected] people.” He hopes his Black Is Beautiful ini- Sankofa Urges DC Drinkers: George Hummel (Phila.) tiative will fuel honest conversations about [email protected] race in America. Widen Your Views and Brews VIRGINIA Steve Marler doesn’t have his own brewery, but By Jennifer Ezell [email protected] brewed the last few batches at Black WASHINGTON DC Flag Brewing in Columbia, Md. Stephen Lipps “It’s one thing to be a black person A third beer was in the works: making beer, but it’s another to have a Cocoa Coast, a milk stout made with [email protected] non-native experience in beer brew- WEST VIRGINIA lactose and organic cocoa nibs (“one ing,” says Kofi Meroe, co-founder of of Ghana’s largest exports,” notes John Yevuta Sankofa Beer Co. in Washington, DC. Meroe). He’s hoping for a year-end [email protected] Sankofa is one of almost 1,000 release. NEW JERSEY breweries that have participated in the In the future, Meroe says he’d Mark Haynie Black Is Beautiful beer project, and like to do more collaborations and one of a relative handful of black- [email protected] even build bridges with owned beer companies HOP TIPS EMAIL NEWSLETTER breweries in Africa. in the United States. To learn where John Vaccarelli Meroe, who was Sankofa beers are [email protected] From left to right: Kofi Meroe and Amado born in the United sold, visit sankofabeer. Carsky, founders of Sankofa Beer Co. in States but grew up in CONTRIBUTORS Nigeria and Ghana, com. Check out biermi. Washington, DC, one of nearly a thousand com for pick-ups and Martin Morse Wooster breweries worldwide brewing an imperial feels that being based in the racially diverse delivery in Washington, Steve Frank & Arnold Meltzer stout called Black Is Beautiful. DC. PHOTO COURTESY OF SANKOFA BEER CO. city like Washington, Charles Pekow DC, incidentally, Elias Savada DC has been a big benefit to the business. has a second black- Annie Tobey “The brewing industry likes to think of While he says he hasn’t owned company: Mega Peter Scott itself as an open and inclusive community, experienced racism Soul (soulmega.com), The logo for Sankofa Beer which introduced its but that isn’t always the case,” asserts Brian himself, “that doesn’t Co. features a mythical bird ILLUSTRATIONS: Hans Granheim mean it isn’t happen- World Wide Pale Ale Mandeville, head brewer at Fine Creek with its head turned back- in 2019. Like Sankofa, Brewing in Powhatan, Va. “Far too often it ing.” Racism is “like wards. In the Ashanti/Akan an iceberg”— you only it’s a contract brewer, DESIGN/LAYOUT: Nathan Scherbak is an environment that fosters a consumer culture of Ghana, it means renting other people’s know what you see on that to guarantee a strong base and labor force that is predominantly the surface, he states. tank space. white and male. It is far past time that the future, you must understand Meanwhile, the Sankofa’s version your past. WEBMEISTER: Jamie Magee industry commits to the values of diversity, of Black Is Beauti- Black Brew Movement PHOTO COURTESY OF SANKO- is a DC-based group equity, equality, and inclusion. This project ful was a black lager FA BEER CO. of beer enthusiasts OFFICE MANAGER: Julie Lundquist is a small way for us to help support that brewed with Ethiopian whose purpose is to act cause.” coffee and West African honey, made in col- as “a liaison between “We acknowledge the crucial work PRINTED IN THE NORTHEAST laboration with Saints Row Brewing in African-American culture and craft necessary to fight systemic, racial injustice, Rockville, Md. Four-packs of the beer, brew culture through educational ALL INQUIRIES: 508-308-7889 and we are committed to being part of the which went on sale on July 10, “sold events, industry consultation, and solution. 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