Like many other businesses across the country, A.C. Golden Brewing did some soul-searching over the summer and fall in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter protests. So after discussions with other Tenth & Blake breweries, including Terrapin Beer Company in Athens, Georgia, and Hop Valley Brewing in Eugene, Oregon, A.C. Golden came to the realization that education is a key driver when it comes to making change. “We have regular calls with [the other companies that are part of Tenth & Blake] where we talk about things like inclusivity,” says A.C. Golden general manager Jeff Cornell about the brewery’s parent company — a division of Molson Coors. “And we asked ourselves if we are really being as inclusive as we think we were. … The answer was no. Our intentions are good, but our results aren’t good enough.”