# @startribune on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C8MrE6Fxt-k
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29111914-startribune-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-06-14T13:36:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Star Tribune (@StarTribune) — https://gondola.cc/StarTribune

## Caption

Britney Mikell still remembers her first beer: a Stella Artois.

Later, as her tastes developed, she would spend hours studying at breweries around the Twin Cities while enrolled as a pharmacy student.
When the pandemic hit, she took up home brewing to fill all the free time. Eventually, so captivated by the culture and community around beer, she left the pharmaceutical business behind to become a brewer.

That's when Mikell saw an opportunity. "I woke up at one point after maybe 10 or 15 batches," Mikell said. "I was like wait, what are the black-owned breweries in the Twin Cities? What are the women-owned breweries in the Twin Cities?"

Now Mikell, 33, has plans to open Bubble Line Brewing Company in St. Paul next year. It will be Minnesota's first Black-woman owned brewery, located in St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood, a historic hub of Black residential and business activity.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story by Zoë Jackson. Photo by Carlos Gonzalez / Star Tribune.  #Minnesota #eyeonstpaul

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Star Tribune | @StarTribune | https://gondola.cc/StarTribune | Newspaper |
| Ashley Miller | @ashleyamiller | https://gondola.cc/ashleyamiller | Social Manager |

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