Lakewood Releases Black Is Beautiful Collaboration Beer

From Lakewood:

Dallas, TX : Lakewood Brewing is one of the first North Texas breweries to release their version of the Black Is Beautiful collaboration beer next Friday, July 17.

The genesis of Black Is Beautiful (https://blackisbeautiful.beer/) came from fellow Texas craft brewery Weathered Souls Brewing. Their head brewer Marcus Baskerville came up with the idea to create a multi-brewery collaboration by publishing the recipe to Black Is Beautiful stout. Any brewery can use and make their own version, so long as the proceeds bring awareness to equality issues. So far almost 1,000 breweries in 50 states and 19 countries are participating.

“When we heard about the Black Is Beautiful project, we jumped on it immediately,” said Wim Bens, President and Founder of Lakewood Brewing. “This beer fits right in with our family–owned brewery’s core values of Family, Creativity, Inclusiveness and Community Spirit. It wasn’t a question of if we participate, it was more about how fast can we do this.”

Lakewood immediately got to brewing for a Taproom-only release. The base stout recipe for a 10% American stout was given a Lakewood Brewing Co. twist with the addition of hazelnuts. “Our brewery is famous for our stouts, so this beer was right in our wheelhouse. We wanted to make our own little addition so we thought hazelnut would pair really well with the recipe Marcus shared.”

Proceeds from the sale of the beer at Lakewood will go to benefit the NAACP chapter of Dallas.

Crowlers (16oz cans) and growlers will be available for pickup curbside at the Lakewood Brewing Taproom starting at 11am on Friday, July 17. Only new, unused growlers purchased at Lakewood Brewing will be filled for health reasons. This is a limited beer and will probably go fast!

About Lakewood Brewing Company:

Lakewood Brewing Company is a family-owned, independent craft brewery Seriously Fun Beer. Lakewood exploded onto the DFW brewing scene in 2012 and became famous for its Temptress Imperial Milk Stout, which is now the best-selling craft stout in Texas. Its diverse beer portfolio includes year-round, seasonal, and limited barrel-aged and sour beers. Lakewood has been recognized nationally in major beer competitions including: U.S. Beer Tasting Championship, U.S. Open Beer Championship (2^nd most nationally awarded brewery 2015), San Diego, Denver and Los Angeles International Beer Competitions among others. Lakewood beers are available throughout North Texas, Austin, Corpus Christi, Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock, Wichita Falls and East Texas in discerning bars, restaurants, and retailers. For taproom location and a “find our beer” tool, visit lakewoodbrewing.com