Black Fleet Brewing

the woman who led the original black fleet was french noblewoman jeanne de clisson, whose husband was accused of treason & beheaded in the 1300's. in response, clisson sold their belongings & bought a trio of ships; she painted the hulls black, dyed the sails crimson, & took to the english channel with her black fleet. gaining notoriety for flying no-mercy crimson sails & beheading french noblemen she found aboard ships with an axe, she became known as "the bloody lioness" & "the lioness of brittany". the british went so far as to offer her safe haven on their shores as a result of her vendetta against the french. just as the lioness of brittany sailed & built a name for herself, the black fleet looks to honor tacoma's own history of diverse entrepreneurship & fierceness, including thea foss & the many tacoma residents who carry themselves with that fierceness tacoma is known for today. tacoma's black fleet brews with a passion, drive, & focus to be & do more within our craft & comm