Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Really good beer’s been flowing in Ybor Heights for about a year now, and Tampa’s got Tim Ogden to blame.

The founder and brewer for Deviant Libation brings his entire soul to his beer list (the “May Queen” pink peppercorn and cucumber sour is a heavenly, balanced, and almost sessionable alternative to over-the-top way-too-tart sours everywhere else), and his unique style is reflected in a tasting room that’s like a heavy-metal cathedral with bright pink floors.

Monday is not just the first day of 2024, but also Ogden’s 47th birthday, so he’s relinquishing his vinyl night selector duties to DJ Cub (Chris Preston) and DJ Nightworm (Ari Barros), and opening the brewery beer garden for Deviant’s “Merch Table” market where local bands can hawk shirts, records, stickers and more.

This Little Pig food truck—which just wheeled out a new menu of southern staples—is in the kitchen and ready to wipe your pangs away, too.

There’s no cover to attend Deviant Libation’s Vinyl Night,  (almost) one year anniversary and Odgen’s birthday party, happening from 2 p.m.-10 p.m. at 872 E Stratford Ave. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...