What's going on everyone, Welcome to another edition of Confessions of a Native Son, I'm your host "IRON" Mike Steadman. I'm a Marine Corps Veteran, Entrepreneur, and Aspiring author, who enjoys thought-provoking and engaging dialogue about race, culture, and business In today's episode, I sit down with Teo Hunter, Co-Founder of Crown & Hops Brewing Co. Teo is unapologetically black. His team is dedicated to preserving culture, expansion of the palate, and community building through world-class beer. They believe it's important to create spaces for communities of color, creatives, innovators, influencers, and craft beer connoisseurs. In the following episode, Teo and I discuss the craft beer landscape for black American's, his struggles and challenges of running a black-owned craft brewing company, and the 8 trillion gain in GDP America can achieve, by closing the racial wealth gap. As always, I appreciate you for sharing your time with me and I hope you enjoy today's show.