Beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer
Beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer conducts a taste test of three local breweries participating in the Black is Beautiful collaboration. (Emily Woodring | Flatland)

Tap List | Black is Beautiful Taste Test

July 28, 2020  |  Emily Woodring  |  1 min read

Remember the All Together beer collaboration? Black is Beautiful is another worldwide beer collaboration, this time started by Weathered Souls Brewing Co. in San Antonio, Texas. 

All of the participating breweries are basing their beer off of the same imperial stout recipe, and are encouraged to add their own spin on it. Proceeds from the beer sales will go to a local organization chosen by the brewery that supports police reform or legal assistance for those who have been wronged.

A lot of our local breweries are participating in the collaboration. Cassie Niemeyer, our local beer enthusiast, is taste testing three of them that were released at the time we filmed the attached video. 

Participating Black is Beautiful breweries in KC

Double Shift Brewing Co. – Kansas City, MO (Out Now)
East Forty Brewing Co. – Blue Springs, MO (Out Now)
Red Crow Brewing Co. – Olathe, KS (Out Now)
Sandhills Brewing – Mission, KS (Out Now)
Transport Brewing – Shawnee, KS (Out Now)
Wind Shift Brewing Co. – Blue Springs, MO (On Tap Only)
Big Rip Brewing Co. – North Kansas City, MO (Aug. 8 Release)
Fields & Ivy Brewery – Lawrence, KS (August Release)
BKS Artisan Ales – Kansas City, MO
Crane Brewing Co. – Raytown, MO
Diametric Brewing Co. – Lees Summit, MO
Lost Evenings Brewing Co. – Lenexa, KS
Servaes Brewing Co. – Shawnee, KS
Strange Days Brewing Co. – Kansas City, MO

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