Hello, friends on BA. In the spirit of our ongoing advocacy for all things (craft) beer, and to satisfy my own gnawing (imbibing?) curiosity, I've decided to start this thread in order to document and track as many Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x owned breweries in what is presently the United States.* I managed to identify about three dozen, through online searches checked against what I could find by way of articles, publicity, and related documentation. I hope there's many more to add to this list! This will be a running list, and as it grows and evolves I'll do what I can to update it. I'm not a data researcher, or a spatial geographer, or someone who uses spreadsheets in my day-to-day, which is all to say I won't be playing around too much with mapping software or whatnot. I will end up playing around with the formatting and information provided. Do websites help? Or would it be better to link to their BA listings? How about year of founding/opening? Location, too. All in the works! Here's what I managed to find so far. California San Diego Border X Brewing, opened 2013. https://www.borderxbrewing.com/ Mujeres Brew House, https://www.instagram.com/mujeresbrewhouse Chula Vista Brewery Los Angeles BeerThugLife Brewjeria Company Progress Brewing, South El Monte, CA Northern California Del Cielo Brewing Co., in Martinez. https://delcielobrewing.com/ Fox Tale Fermentation Project, in San Jose. Colorado Denver Raices, founded 2016. https://www.raicesbrewing.com/ Atrevida Beer Co., https://www.atrevidabeerco.com. Cerveceria Colorado Illinois Chicago 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, believed closed. Casa Humilde Cerveceria and Coffee Roasters, https://www.casahumildecerveceria.com/ Marz (needs confirmation) Soundgrowler Brewing Co., Tinley Park, IL Louisana Miel Brewery & Taproom, New Orleans, LA Massachusetts Roundhead Brewing, https://roundheadbrewing.com/ Hot Plate Brewing Co., https://www.hotplatebeer.com/ Brazo Fuerte Artisanal Beer Brockton Beer Company Michigan Grand Rapids City Built Brewing, 3 Gatos Brewing, Wyoming, MI Burzurk Brewing, Grand Haven, MI. https://www.burzurkbrewing.com/ Traverse City Loco Boys Brewing, https://www.locoboysbrewing.com/ Minnesota Minneapolis La Doña Cervecería, founded 2016. https://dameladona.com/ New York New York Dyckman Beer Co., opened 2012. https://www.dyckmanbeer.nyc/ Dirtbag Ales Oregon Portland Brujos Brewing, Salem Xicha Brewing Texas El Paso Deadbeach Brewery, San Antonio Blue Star Brewing, founded in 1996. Freetail Brewing, co-founded in 2008. (Unsure if still Latinx owned following the co-founder's departure.) Islla St. Brewing. Misfit Outpost, Cypress, TX Washington Loza Farms (hop farm, not brewery.) Washington, D.C Atlas Brew Works, https://atlasbrewworks.com. (Needs confirmation.) *If you have any thoughts and opinions about what we should or should not call ourselves, or whether or not we should even identify as such, you should keep those to yourself as this forum isn't the place for that discussion.
For Chicago: The dude that owns Marz is Korean/Polish. But you can add Monochrome Brewing to this list
I thought it was a collective of like 4-10 people? There has to be more than one owner, right? If only there was a term that encompassed all these so you’d didn’t have to do declension for all…
Eh....the main dude, the President, founder, and the one that's most visible in the media is Korean/Polish. There could be other minority owners and co-founders
