Equity Brewing Co. issues online manifesto after patron calls owner “Sweetheart…”

Today's 21st-century culture wars can't find a way out of the Norman brewing scene.

Just months after Black Mesa Brewing released a "Let's Gose Brandon" ale to its right-wing hop lovers, Equity Brewing Co. released a lengthy statement on social media after a male customer dared address the brewery's owner – OU professor Suzette Grilliot – as "Sweetheart."

Obviously, the customer wasn't former OU President Jim Gallogly.

Here's the statement:

Before we continue, I want to clarify one thing...