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Jennings Carney of Pen Druid Fermentation interviews Gerard Olson of Forest and Main.

Pope Francis is coming to Philadelphia, and bar owners aren’t sure whether to prepare for the rapture or purgatory. But one thing is certain: They’ll be serving good beer—no matter what they have to do to get it. One publican is turning the third-floor storage space above the most central of his six taverns into

illustration: Gerry Selian It might still feel like 2020 in some ways — OK, a lot of ways — but 2021 has indeed arrived, and for many people the dawn of a new year means setting resolutions for a cleaner, healthier life. The most temperate (and trendy) goal is Dry January, the widely popular month-long practice of abstaining from alcohol. There’s a good chance someone you know (it could even be you) is pledging sobriety for the first 31 days of 2021. According to the London-based nonprofi...