From the Long Tab Brewing Company - The QUARTERBACK is LIVE!

This beer is brewed in honor of GREEN BERET and Medal of Honor Recipient SSG Melvin Morris. The Quarterback is a 10% Imperial Vanilla Stout and is a collaboration between LONGTAB, WARCLOUD BREWING (who produced the incredible artwork of Melvin), and Melvin himself, and is inspired by the Weathered Souls Black is Beautiful Project whose purpose resonates with the Green Beret motto: To Liberate those Oppressed. Melvin is one of the first African Americans to don the Green Beret. He is a living legend and we are honored to be able to celebrate his incredible service to our great country.

SSG Melvin Morris received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions on SEP 17, 1969, while commanding the Third Co, Third Battalion, IV Mobile Strike Force (part of 5th Special Forces Group) near Chi Lang, Vietnam. After hearing his team commander had been killed in action he organized and lead a team behind enemy lines to retrieve the fallen. With a bag full of grenades he proceeded to lead the assault through heavy enemy fire which was focused on this team. With speed and QUARTERBACK-accuracy he threw grenades into enemy bunkers, eliminating the entire enemy force who had pinned down his unit. After retrieving his fallen comrade, he was shot three times as he made his way back to friendly lines, but ultimately succeeded in returning his fallen comrade to a friendly position.

We are releasing this beer in two batches: a very small batch today, then a larger one mid to late AUG. For the label, we chose this particular image of Melvin because it captures what a true badass he is, and the background colors are from the 5th SFG beret flash Melvin is wearing.

This beer is available in limited quantities now in single 16oz cans (max two per order) on the Long Tab Brewing Company website.

Portions of the proceeds of this beer will be donated to the Green Beret Project which takes leadership methods used by Special Forces to mentor at-risk inner-city youth overcome some of the socio-economic challenges they are born into, and to teach them to become leaders in their communities.