Unplated: An interview with Ralph Marion

Placing beer at the center of community building

This conversation is part of the Unplated series, a collection of interviews with folks whose work intersects with food, but who work outside culinary spheres. My hope is that these conversations not only spark your curiosity, but help you think about how what you eat is connected to the world well beyond your plate.

Building on my interview with Tiah Edmunson-Morton, this interview sticks with the theme of beer but from the perspective of a content creator.

Ralph Marion runs Beered Black Man, a platform geared towards building a diverse community through beer. Beer is a drink that, throughout history, has been both heavily consumed on the one hand while being dismissed as ‘common’ on the other.