AleSmith, Weathered Souls & 20 San Diego County Breweries Team Up For Black Is Beautiful

I’ve already brought you a number of the Black Is beautiful collaborations organized by Weathered Souls Brewing in San Antonio, TX and today we have another special collab. Coming to us from AleSmith, this Black Is Beautiful will be a special San Diego County mega-collaboration edition brewed with Abnormal Beer, AleSmith, Automatic Brewing, Bagby Beer, Belching Beaver, Burgeon Beer, Fall Brewing, Harland brewing, Helia brewing, Horus Aged Ales, Marea Coffee, Mason Ale Works, Modern Times Beer, North Park Beer, Original 40 Brewing, Pure Project, Resident Brewing, Second Chance Beer, SouthNorte Beer, Stave & Nail Brewing and North Park TapRoom Beer Co. This variant will be an imperial stout with cacao nibs, cinnamon, Geisha coffee and vanilla beans and it will surf in at 12.5%-AbV. You’re looking at the 750ml bottle and proceeds will be donated to San Diegans For Justice. Stay tuned for release details

This 26 June 2020 update from AleSmith:

ALESMITH HOSTS GROUP OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY

BREWERS TO BREW BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL

MEGA COLLABORATION

Fundraising Brewing Effort Garners National Attention In Forbes Article

As breweries across the nation have banded together in widespread support of San Antonio-based Weathered Souls Brewing’s “Black” Is Beautiful Initiative, a large group of San Diego county brewers have united to benefit local efforts focusing on social injustice and police brutality reform. Through the organizational work put in by AleSmith’s Will Izor and Horus Aged Ales’ Kyle Horrup, we are proud to announce “Black” Is Beautiful – San Diego County Mega Collaboration Edition!

For the initiative, Weathered Souls has asked participating breweries to brew an imperial stout based on a shared recipe with each brewery allowed to add their own twist to make their collaborative release as unique as they would like it to be. With many of our favorite San Diego breweries involved in this brewing effort, we had to go big! The Black” Is Beautiful – San Diego County Mega Collaboration Edition is an imperial stout that features cacao nibs, cinnamon, Geisha coffee, vanilla beans, and weighs in at 12.5% ABV.

The fun-filled collaborative brew day was hosted at AleSmith Brewing Company and we were thrilled to work with our friends at Abnormal Beer Company, Automatic Brewing, Bagby Beer Company, Belching Beaver Brewery, Burgeon Beer Company, Fall Brewing Company, Harland Brewing Company, Helia Brewing Company, Horus Aged Ales, Marea Coffee, Mason Ale Works, Modern Times Beer, North Park Beer Company, Original 40 Brewing, Pure Project, Resident Brewing Company, Second Chance Beer Company, SouthNorte Beer Co., Stave & Nail Brewing Company, and North Park TapRoom Co. The proceeds from this beer will be donated to San Diegans for Justice whose mission is to build San Diego community trust with fair and balanced reform to increase police accountability. Find out more about this organization by visiting their website.

With this many of the county’s beloved breweries involved in producing one specific “Black” Is Beautiful variant release, Forbes quickly noticed and featured the mega collaboration in a national article. To find out more about how this massive fundraising effort came to be, please hit the button below to read the full write-up on the Forbes website.



READ THE FORBES ARTICLE COVERING THE COLLAB EFFORT

This 10 July 2020 update:

NEW BEER ALERT!!!

“Black” Is Beautiful – AleSmith x Weathered Souls Edition

Public Onsite Sale Begins This Saturday, July 11th at Noon

Here At Our Tasting Room Gift Shop

We are extremely proud to announce the release of “Black” Is Beautiful – AleSmith x Weathered Souls Edition, our individual collaboration with Weathered Souls Brewing in support of their initiative aimed at raising awareness and funds towards social injustice and police reform measures.

The AleSmith x Weathered Souls Edition of “Black” Is Beautiful (10.0% ABV) is an imperial stout based on the community-shared recipe created for the initiative by Weathered Souls. It will be sold in 16oz can 4-packs as part of an onsite sale here at our Tasting Room Gift Shop starting at 12pm open of business on Saturday, July 11th with no purchase limits. 100% of net proceeds from this beer will be donated to Black Visions Collective, Campaign Zero, Innocence Project, and National Bailout.

Front and Back Bottle Views of “Black” Is Beautiful –

San Diego County Mega Collaboration Edition

In addition to this release, we still have a small remainder of presale bottles of “Black” Is Beautiful – San Diego County Mega Collaboration Edition, brewed with 20 San Diego brewers hosted at AleSmith.

This robust alternate version is an imperial stout that features cacao nibs, cinnamon, Geisha coffee, vanilla beans, and weighs in at 12.5% ABV. It is scheduled for release and pickup on Saturday, July 25th with proceeds being donated to San Diegans for Justice.

For more information on this special variant and the specific breweries involved, please read the Forbes article that covers the story behind this release.

PURCHASE PRESALE BOTTLES OF “BLACK” IS BEAUTIFUL – SD COUNTY MEGA COLLABORATION EDITION