Month: January 2015

Let Us Now Praise Famous Lagers: Your Saturday Six-Pack (Vol.3)

Let Us Now Praise Famous Lagers: Your Saturday Six-Pack (Vol.3)

2015 is barely four weeks old, and already we’ve seen the craft beer scene light up with plenty of fireworks. Perplexingly, Tony Magee of Lagunitas filed a trademark lawsuit against Sierra Nevada, only to back down after being “seriously schooled” by the good folks on 

Jolly Pumpkin’s Baudelaire Saison (The Sour Sessions)

Jolly Pumpkin’s Baudelaire Saison (The Sour Sessions)

Brew it and they will drink. Mixed-culture fermentation has a long history in North America stretching back to the days prior to Prohibition. Brewers with British roots arriving in the great port cities of the east fanned out across the continent, some of them continuing 

Five Ways to Become a Better Drinker in 2015

Five Ways to Become a Better Drinker in 2015

A belated Happy New Year to all ye faithful Tempest readers! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season filled with plenty of good cheer. It’s been a few weeks now, but I’m back at it after my Kentucky adventures tracking the shy and retiring