{"id":112270,"date":"2022-07-27T09:04:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T15:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftbeer.com\/?p=112270"},"modified":"2023-08-01T12:01:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T18:01:53","slug":"eeb-opening-doors-to-a-more-inclusive-brewing-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftbeer.com\/full-pour\/eeb-opening-doors-to-a-more-inclusive-brewing-community","title":{"rendered":"EEB: Opening Doors to a More Inclusive Brewing Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a community center in the industrial city of Orange, N.J., Joe Mettle and Roger Apollon, Jr. proudly stand in front of an arched stained-glass window before class starts. The two former New Jersey charter school teachers and craft beer connoisseurs are the founders of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eebtraining\/\">EEB<\/a>, which stands for Entrepreneurship and Equity in Brewing, a 10-week training program that provides Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC), and other underrepresented individuals in craft brewing an opportunity to learn how to brew, and in turn, run a business.<\/p>\n<p>This inaugural semester of EEB offers classes in brewing history as well as tasting and evaluating beer (and the necessary vocabulary). More than half the class load covers how to make beer\u2014breaking down styles, basic chemistry and safety, and procedures to begin brewing at home. Each student even gets their own 5-gallon kit to practice with.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.craftbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20220726164858\/EEB-training.jpg\" alt=\"EEB Training\" class=\"wp-image-112280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.craftbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20220726164858\/EEB-training.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.craftbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20220726164858\/EEB-training-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Apollon, who\u2019s been homebrewing for the past decade and who opened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fourcitybrewing.com\/\">Four City Brewing<\/a> just footsteps from the Orange Transit station right before the pandemic, it wasn\u2019t until three years into running his brewery, that, as a Black man, he realized there weren\u2019t many others like him in the industry. With EEB, he hopes to extend the same kind of access he was lucky enough to have to everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Apollon has been a part of the craft beer world since creating the Brew Council, a tasting club run out of his living room, over a decade ago. \u201cIt was a once-a-month gathering that started with five guys and grew to 30. The idea was not only to drink beer, but also get educated,\u201d says Apollon. Guests like Thomas Maroulakos, owner of Skopos Hospitality Group in New Jersey, as well as Garrett Brown, regional sales manager for Firestone Walker, came to drop their knowledge on the group. \u201cWe even made polos and wore them to a beer fest (Essex County Turtle Back\u2019s Brew at the Zoo). Someone came up to me and asked where my brewery was, and that\u2019s when I started drawing up the Four City business plan,\u201d said Apollon.<\/p>\n<p>While Mettle, a burgeoning entrepreneur, is admittedly a spirits guy first, his first foray into craft beer was through drinking with Apollon. Four City\u2019s The Keg Stand is his current go-to beverage, an American-style lager brewed with Heidelberg malt, flaked rice and corn, New Zealand Hallertau hops, and a house lager yeast that is designed for session drinking at 5.5 percent ABV.<\/p>\n<p>If Apollon is the builder, then Mettle is the architect behind EEB. \u201cThe aha moment came at the height of Covid-19 when everything was shut down and we quarantined at home,\u201d says Mettle. It all started with a conversation by the fire pit in Apollon\u2019s backyard. \u201cIt was the day before Thanksgiving 2020, and we were talking about the lack of access to information for Black and brown people\/minorities (in craft brewing).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re creating this (EEB) out of necessity; there was no model,\u201d emphasizes Apollon. \u201cPeople from all over the country are reaching out to us with similar ideas. There wasn\u2019t enough diverse talent in the industry when we looked around, so we had to grow it.\u201d They found their instructor, Michael Simone, at the brewery. When Covid-19 first emerged, Apollon lost his head brewer, and Simone, an avid homebrewer and frequent customer at Four City, stepped in to help\u2014first brewing on the big system for six months, then turning his attention to educating others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.craftbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20220726165121\/EEB-testing.jpg\" alt=\"EEB Testing\" class=\"wp-image-112284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.craftbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20220726165121\/EEB-testing.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.craftbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20220726165121\/EEB-testing-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mettle\u2019s longtime colleague and mentor, Dennis Thomas, is a seasoned corporate professional in marketing and sales, and an endless entrepreneur. He too offered his business expertise, beginning with developing a mission statement, as well as a marketing plan and budget proposals. Andrew Regenstreich, who\u2019s part of <a href=\"https:\/\/handsinc.org\/\">HANDS, Inc<\/a><u>.<\/u>, a non-profit organization in Orange that supports local community development, is blocks away from the brewery and gives EEB space to hold their classes. \u201cUltimately, we\u2019d love to have our own hands-on campus,\u201d says Apollon.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve partnered with other brains in their community, but the guidance of <a href=\"https:\/\/otherhalfbrewing.com\/\">Other Half Brewing<\/a> in Brooklyn, N.Y., has really opened up the world of craft brewing to EEB. When Apollon worked at Pave Academy, a charter school in Red Hook, Brooklyn, he befriended Other Half owners Matt Monahan and Sam Richardson over beers during after-school happy hours, eventually dropping off homebrews for feedback. Even though Monahan and Richardson are not minorities, it was this shared sense of community that Apollon is trying to cultivate in New Jersey, and across cultures.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural class participants of EEB range from artists to healthcare professionals, all with varying interests in craft beer. Some just want to learn how to brew at home, while others are more than entertaining the idea of opening their own business. However, you don\u2019t have to pursue a path in beer to be a part of EEB. \u201cI\u2019ve learned a ton myself,\u201d says Mettle, who\u2019s now training to be a Certified Cicerone. \u201cI\u2019ve been studying for my certification, all self-paced and online, but being in front of Mike [Simone] and learning all the different details of beer has been extremely helpful, supplementing everything I\u2019ve already been learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When it comes down to it, it\u2019s all about access. \u201cAccess to information,\u201d Mettle reiterates. \u201cWe\u2019re very familiar with being shut out just because of how we look, so we would never deny it to anyone.\u201d The initial aim for EEB was for BIPOC individuals, but it\u2019s not exclusive. \u201cDiscrimination or exclusion is bad,\u201d asserts Apollon. \u201cWe would never ask about how you identify,\u201d adding that the diverse cast of EEB students has added value to everyone\u2019s experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCraft beer can be a way out, a freedom thing,\u201d Apollon preaches. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping the BIPOC population will find this as a great way to enter the industry. What we can do is open the doors.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneurship and Equity in Brewing provides BIPOC and other underrepresented individuals with opportunities in the craft brewing business. 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