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In reply to the discussion: THERE ARE ALMOST NO BLACK PEOPLE BREWING CRAFT BEER. HERE'S WHY. [View all]jmowreader
(50,554 posts)Here's a broad-brush generalization for ya: IME African Americans do not enjoy heavy beer. They REALLY like quality pilseners and lagers; white people are the ones drinking IPA and stout.
OTOH, the lion's share of craft beer on the shelf is either IPA or stout - because it's easier to make a good heavy beer than a good light one and you need a hell of a lot less equipment to do a top-fermented brew. Do this test: Go to the nearest place to your house that sells craft beer and count the varieties not made by Anheuser-Busch. It'll be like "IPA...IPA...stout...two more IPAs...three stouts...Scotch ale...a porter...a pale ale..."
If it is true that craft beer brewers start out as craft beer drinkers, and it is also true that most craft beers are of beer species black people generally do not enjoy drinking, how exactly are you going to convert black people into craft brewers?