This Black Woman is Ready to Take On The Chocolate City's Beer Scene
When Eamoni Collier launched her beer company, Urban Garden Brewing, in 2021, she was one of a kind. Despite founding her company in Washington D.C. (aka the Chocolate City), there were no other Black-women-owned beer companies in the district. In fact, the industry is overwhelmingly white nationwide.
Now, she’s looking to go one step further and open-up the first Black woman-owned brewery in Washington, D.C.
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“I think a lot of people aren’t aware of how beer even started,” Collier told WTOP. “Beer started with women. We were the first brewers. And I think beer has come a long, long way from its roots, and it’s left a lot of people out. So I think it’s just important because there’s a whole world in craft beer, and I think it’s important that people are welcomed into the community to find their own passions.”
Collier currently has a crowd-funding page set up with a 20,000 goal to help secure the legal requirements to open up her dream space.
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