The event has a $10 cover. To purchase tickets in advance, visit Eventbrite.com. For more information, visit Facebook.com/EnlightenedStudios. It wasn’t always about beer. During her doctorate studies, Lepeley became a subject matter expert in hydration, giving seminars to bomb technicians and publishing papers on hydration in scientific journals, she said. Her dissertation was the first study to analyze the pre-exercise effects of whey protein versus carbohydrate versus fasting, she added. “I would teach people how to hydrate, when to hydrate and why — all this information about how to hydrate safely and why it was so important,” Lepeley said. “I would teach these guys about the reality of what beverages do — soda, juice, coffee."