Oak Park Brewing Co. partners with Black-owned brewers for Black History Month campaign

The Oak Park Brewing Co. is partnering with Hunters Point Brewing Co., Full Circle Brewing Co., and Hella Coastal Brewing Co. in a collaboration for Black History Month.

The four Black-owned breweries have established the second edition of People’s Beer Co. release, which contains artwork by Milton Bowens, honoring four heroes and change makers in Black history, packaged in a four-pack of different styles of Hazy India Pale Ales.

They want their effort to call attention to Black brewers in a predominantly white industry, too...

...The can labels showcase Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to become a pilot; Mary Ellen Pleasant, the first African American ‘self-made’ millionaire; Frederick McKinley Jones, who patented the world’s first successful refrigerated transportation system; and Robert Abbot, the founder of the Chicago Defender...