Jamaal Lemon and Michael Stein bring forth a heady conversation on Charleston, South Carolina's Black history and culture. Connections to beer, beverages, and foods are addressed in a mashup of information from all of the articles Lemon and Stein have worked on, many of them written together, with the most recent Good Beer Hunting article --Come Hell or High Water-- garnering a James Beard Media Award in the foodways category. The foodways of the lowcountry are forever influenced by the Gullah Geechee community and its continuity with African traditions, this discussion will illuminate these cultures and customs.

Charleston, South Carolina born and raised, Jamaal Lemon is a Cicerone Certified Beer Server—gripped by the craft beer industry from completing an internship in The Czech Republic, Belgium & Germany. Upon completing the internship, he put his degree in English and love of culture to good use as a writer and journalist for the industry.

Michael Stein is president of Lost Lagers, Washington, D.C.’s premier beverage research firm and is a member of the Chicago Brewseum's League of Historians. An award-winning writer, his historic beers have been served at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the Polish Ambassador’s residence. Co-owner and senior staff writer at DC Beer Media, his research with Jamaal Lemon has most recently won a James Beard Media Award for the Foodways category.