After they got wet outside, guests wet their whistles inside at Science of Beer.
The annual event was held January 17th at Pink Palace Museum and Mansion. About 550 turned out on a rainy evening for beer from local breweries and cuisine from local food purveyors.
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Samantha Bonnema
What’s different about this beer tasting is that guests also learn about what they’re drinking. As Pink Palace special events coordinator John Wesley Mullikin said in a Memphis Flyer interview in 2024, “I’ve got the education component, where people are actually learning things. I try to get everybody to talk about what’s different about your beer. What makes your beer special.”
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Christina Pisano and
Justin Lay
Whitney Quesenberry and Charles Thom
Joe Dowling
Science of Beer is “not just come and drink beer and eat food,” he says.
The museum also needs to raise money. The profits they raise support its STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) educational fund, which “provides low-cost experiences for underserved students in this area.”
This year’s event was “a huge success,” Mullikin says.
Note: The museum’s “Science of Wine” fundraiser will be April 25th.