KC’s newest brewery isn’t just the first in Missouri owned by African Americans, it’s ‘sacred soil’

Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. [divide] From their new spot on the south end of the Historic 18th and Vine district, Vine Street Brewing Company’s owners…

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Entrepreneur meets with VP Harris; surprised DC already knew about KC’s first Black-owned brewery

Word travels. A roundtable discussion this week with Vice President Kamala Harris gave Kemet Coleman an opportunity to put his city, and specifically the 18th and Vine neighborhood, on an elevated platform, the Kansas City entrepreneur and musician said. Coleman — one of three co-founders of the soon-to-be-opened Vine Street Brewing, Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery…

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KC’s first Black-owned brewery could open within weeks; Here’s how its debut lager could land in your hand even sooner

Vine Street Brewing’s long-anticipated opening is nearly here, said Kemet Coleman, teasing a late March first pour for the taproom and brewhouse space, which sits adjacent to the city’s historic jazz district. “It’s crazy to see something that for so long has been just an idea in our minds starting to become real,” said Coleman,…

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