See the photos from the Courier @ Barrel and Flow Fest 2024!

& The New Pittsburgh Courier @ Barrel and Flow Fest 2024! & Some 4,500 people—from attendees, to vendors, to performers, to staff and volunteers—on Saturday, Aug. 10, converged on The Stacks at 3 Crossings in the Strip District for the now-annual “Barrel and Flow Fest,” which was voted twice as the No. 1 beer festival in the U.S. by USA Today readers. Touted as America’s first Black arts and craft beer festival, the festival actually began as “Fresh Fest” in 2018 with co-founders Day Bracey, Mike Potter and Ed Bailey. It was later rebranded as “Barrel and Flow Fest” with Bracey taking the sole reigns of the festival and Bailey as chief financial officer.& The festival draws Black people from everywhere—Atlanta, Cleveland and Indianapolis were just some of the spots attendees told the New Pittsburgh Courier that they resided. But Bracey has said that over the years, people have come from as far away as Guam, South Africa and Australia. They were able to be around 45 or so Black brewery companies from across the nation, such as Funkytown Beer, based in Chicago, or D.O.P.E. (Dwelling on Positive Energy) Cider House and Winery, based in Youngstown, Ohio. New this year,...