By Kathy Chouteau
An extraordinary new landmark has sprouted up atop the hill above Point Potrero in Richmond that stands as an ode to regional craft beer, the recent pop-up monoliths and a spectacular celestial event.
The aptly named “Beer Can Monolith” rises approximately 9 feet high in a pyramid formation consisting primarily of 32-ounce beer can crowlers stacked up and wrapped in holiday lights like a glorious gift to the city topped by a large red “bow”/light.
The Standard off about the Beer Can Monolith, which is the handiwork of a Richmond man who prefers to remain anonymous. The work’s creator is a craft beer enthusiast who had saved up his beer crowlers over time spent supporting local breweries during the pandemic. Fueled by his passion for local craft beer and inspired by the mysterious monoliths that had begun popping up in remote places, as well as the then-impending convergence of Saturn and Jupiter the Richmond man built his creation the day before the Dec