This is a special, un-announced post because, well, I wasn't sure I'd be able to find this beer. We'll get into Black is Beautiful in a bit, but it's a big collaboration effort spanning breweries the world over. I wasn't sure what the distribution footprint of any one variant would be, so I was super excited when I found a four-pack of Streetside's on store shelves yesterday. I'm hoping I run into other breweries' spins on it in the wild, too.


Also, this is my first ever Streetside beer! What a beer to introduce them to both me and the blog. Let's see how it's drinking.

Is there a specific beer/beer style you've been waiting for me to write about? Well, good news! Now you can specifically request a brew while having your money go to a good cause!

Until the end of July 2020, I'm running a Ko-fi special (that link'll take you to my Ko-fi page). Buy me seven "coffees" ($21) and let me know what beer you want me to review. I'll spend $10 of your "coffees" on the beer and give the other $11 to a cause you specify from the list below and match your $11 to that cause. If the beer you request costs more than $10, I'll pay the difference for it myself. If it's less than $10, the remainder of your money will go toward your specified cause.

Causes you can ask for your money to go to:

• Black Lives Matter https://blacklivesmatter.com 

• Black Trans Travel Fund https://devinmichaellowe.com/black-trans-travel-fund

• Committee to Protect Journalists https://cpj.org/

• The ACLU http://aclu.org 

• The NAACP https://www.naacp.org/

• Your local bail fund (you'll have to link me to this if you choose it)

• A Black/human rights related cause not listed above (again, you'll have to link me)

I'm not here today to talk about beer. I'm here today because I have this platform, however small it may be, and we need to talk. Sit down. Read this through. Engage me in conversation in the comments if you want. Leave if you will and don't come back. I don't really care.

Black Lives Matter. Say it with me. Black Lives Matter. Does this mean that other lives don't matter? Of course not. What it means is that Black Lives Matter, which is something that this country has never fully understood. And, dammit, we need to get on this page.