Black-owned breweries collaborate in six-week residency

From left, Anthony Bell and Jamhal Johnson, both with Moor’s Brewery Company; Zack Day, with Funkytown Brewery; Jay Westbrook, the Black Beer Baron, with Harold’s ’83 Honey; Richard Bloomfield and Greg Williams, both with Funkytown Brewery, and stand together inside the Brew House at Haymarket Pub & Brewery, 737 West Randolph Street. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

When Jamhal Johnson started Moor’s Brewing last year, he joined a very small club — less than 1% of breweries are Black-owned, according to a 2020 study by the Brewers Association.

“It’s very hard, right? When you don’t see anyone that looks like you ... I think you kind of get discouraged,” said Johnson, co-owner of Moor’s Brewing.