Goose Island Sashays Into Pride Month With Drag Queen-Inspired Beer

RuPaul protégé Shea Couleé debuts her own ale

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Though she’s been on the scene less than a decade, drag queen Shea Couleé, the onstage persona of 31-year-old Jaren Kyei Merrell, has quite the resume.

In addition to enjoying the national limelight from RuPaul’s Drag Race (Couleé won four challenges in Season 9 and appeared in RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars), the Chicago celeb is a dancer, singer, filmmaker, activist and social media personality. And starting this morning, she can (sort of) add “brewer” to that list.

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