Days of the Beer, April 6

The beer for today is Lightning Brewery Old Tempest Ale.

On April 6, 1861, the first performance of The Tempest (incidental music, Op. 1) by Arthur Sullivan, debuted at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. The music was to accompany Shakespeare's play The Tempest.


As to the beer:

Lightning Brewery is located in Poway California.

The Old Tempest Ale is our award-winning UK strong ale. A bold aroma of sherry, dried fruit, and hearty maltiness exudes from a thin, off-white head. A warm fermentatino produces a rich, smooth, and slightly spicy flavor that masks the high alcohol content, perceived as gentle warming. Unfiltered by definition, subtle complexities enhance this bold and flavorful beer which only gets better with age.

The beer is 9.5% ABV.

So, for the first performance of The Tempest incendental music by Arthur Sullivan, have a Lightning Brewery Old Tempest Ale.