New Brewery near Busch Stadium
4 HANDS BREWING CO. Hip Hop with EvanBenn
Where 1220 South Eighth Street, between Soulard and downtown • When Expected opening by September • More info 4handsbrewery.com; http://twitter.com/4HandsBrewery
When Kevin Lemp was thinking of a name for his craft brewery, he figured "Lemp" wouldn't work — someone already took that, and this Lemp has no direct ties to the historic Lemp brewing dynasty. So he went with 4 Hands, a nod to his family: himself, wife Maegan, and sons Fischer and Rowan.
Lemp, 32, a former wine-marketing manager, says he hopes to combine his entrepreneurial drive and brewmaster Will Johnston's beermaking prowess to create "something unlike what anybody else is doing."
4 Hands, located across the street from the Old Rock House, will include a tasting room that Lemp plans to open initially on Cardinals home-game days this summer (the brewery is about a half-mile from Busch Stadium).
About the beer • Lemp and Johnston are planning to have four year-round beers in addition to seasonal and barrel-aged releases. The core styles are shaping up to be a Centennial hop American pale ale, a rye India pale ale, an oatmeal brown ale and a sessionable ale brewed with an herb to be determined.
While you wait • Johnston recently teamed up with 2nd Shift Brewing Co. in New Haven to create a collaborative brew codenamed "Unicorn Killer." Expect to see it pop up on draft around town in the next few weeks. Support your local Brewery http://www.cityfocustoday.com/
