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Celeste Beatty Quotes

born 1964 United States

Celeste Beatty (born 1964) is the first Black woman to own a brewery in the United States.[1][2][3] She established her brewery, Harlem Brewing Company, in 2000.

United States
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We gave away a lot of product. But from a strategic standpoint, there wasn’t any strategy. It was just, “Wow, this is what companies do and this is something I believe in.”

You want to help us out in February and that’s a good thing — but what about the rest of the year?

For my community, they saw me as the first Black woman in the craft beer business, specifically. They saw me out there doing things: brewing beer, having a product, having a brand, selling the brand.

There’s less than 1% of Black-owned breweries out of 9,000. We would probably be a lot further along if it were not for gender or not for race. But we didn’t allow that to stop us.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Celeste Beatty (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.