Pumpkin Beer History: Colonial Necessity to Seasonal Treat
Far from being a modern invention of the craft beer scene, pumpkin beers have a long history in the US. The main reason pumpkin was adopted as a beer ingredient during the early colonial period was simple availability—pumpkins were a native plant (one completely unknown to most Europeans before the 16th century, while good malt was not so readily accessible. In the first pumpkin beers, the meat of the pumpkin took the place of malt entirely.
(Haunted) Beer History: The Rise & Fall of the Lemp Dynasty
Today's beer history installment is something of a micro-level view of my previous column on German-American brewers—but this one has a Halloween twist. The story of the rise and fall of the Lemps, once one of America's most powerful brewing families, reads like something out of gothic fiction; and, as would be entirely appropriate for that genre, some say that they've never left.
👻 And then, some (other) podcast appearances; first up, my ghostlore collection, with ABE Books, some years ago:
https://cast.rocks/hosting/11770/feeds/IVUTQ.html?ep=G1S6Z5UU-EV1JOR
The Man Who Studied Ghouls: TC Lethbridge and Weird Archaeology (with Lisa Grimm) by Wide Atlantic Weird
Ancient chalk figures, Arctic exploration, pendulums, and emotions 'recorded' onto the landscape: TC Lethbridge dabbled in them all, and remains an important figure in mid-20th century alternative thinking. Lisa from the Beer Ladies Podcast joins us at the cabin to talk about Lethbridge. We cover:
-Lethbridge’s early archaeological career
-Lethbridge as an institution figure vs an outsider
-The imperial era of archaeology and exploration
-The Mildenhall Treasure
-‘Lost white race’ theories
-The disputed Cambridge chalk figures
-Lethbridge’s pendulum ideas
-early takes on the ‘Stone Tape’ theory
-Colin Wilson promoting TC Lethbridge
-A ‘ghoul’ as a physical area of negative energy
Some links:
Buy Me A Coffee:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic
T.C. Lethbridge: The Man Who Saw The Future, Terry Welbourn, 2011
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21082097-t-c-lethbridge
Lisa on Twitter
https://twitter.com/lisagrimm
Beer Ladies Podcast
https://twitter.com/beerladiespod
Picture from Iron Man Records
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ironmanrecords/49818188947
Lisa Grimm