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Organic Growth: Why All-Natural Beer Is Making a Comeback | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 5/13/26 Joshua M. Bernstein 5/13/26

Organic Growth: Why All-Natural Beer Is Making a Comeback | Imbibe Magazine

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How Dogfish Head Finally Found Growth Again — With the Grateful Dead | VinePair

Joshua M. Bernstein 4/20/26 Joshua M. Bernstein 4/20/26

How Dogfish Head Finally Found Growth Again — With the Grateful Dead | VinePair

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Roller Coaster to Reset: Looking Back on the Last 20 Years of Craft Beer | Imbibe

Joshua M. Bernstein 3/2/26 Joshua M. Bernstein 3/2/26

Roller Coaster to Reset: Looking Back on the Last 20 Years of Craft Beer | Imbibe

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Breweries Enter Their Value Meal Era | VinePair

Joshua M. Bernstein 2/25/26 Joshua M. Bernstein 2/25/26

Breweries Enter Their Value Meal Era | VinePair

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Six Beer Industry Trends to Watch in 2026 | SevenFifty Daily

Joshua M. Bernstein 1/8/26 Joshua M. Bernstein 1/8/26

Six Beer Industry Trends to Watch in 2026 | SevenFifty Daily

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Imbibe 75: 2026

Joshua M. Bernstein 1/6/26 Joshua M. Bernstein 1/6/26

Imbibe 75: 2026

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The Best New Craft Breweries of 2025 | VinePair

Joshua M. Bernstein 12/15/25 Joshua M. Bernstein 12/15/25

The Best New Craft Breweries of 2025 | VinePair

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New-School Ciders for the Holiday Table | The Wall Street Journal

Joshua M. Bernstein 12/1/25 Joshua M. Bernstein 12/1/25

New-School Ciders for the Holiday Table | The Wall Street Journal

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A Dark Turn: The New World of Stouts | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 11/10/25 Joshua M. Bernstein 11/10/25

A Dark Turn: The New World of Stouts | Imbibe Magazine

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Seeking Steak and IPAs? Hit a Brewery’s Meat Raffle | VinePair

Joshua M. Bernstein 9/30/25 Joshua M. Bernstein 9/30/25

Seeking Steak and IPAs? Hit a Brewery’s Meat Raffle | VinePair

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Several decades ago, organic beer felt like a transformational force in craft beer. Eel River and Wolaver’s Organic Ales, among others, proved that a brewery needed no GMOs to make standout beers. The North American Organic Beer Festival launch

Photo dump Friday! Scenes from the last few weeks o’ living in Columbus including: shellshocked running the concession stand at the middle-school dance (Dr Pepper and Takis for all!), a little punk rock, dive-bar food and concerts, awesome bump

Look at that throwback pic! That's me, just about 20 years ago, drinking lager in Riga, Latvia, during a twisty journey that took me from London to Mongolia in a broken-down car that, yes, broke down in the Gobi Desert.

But that's a story for anoth

During craft brewing’s 2010s surge and summit, drinkers flocked to proliferating beer shops to buy cans, bottles, and growlers filled with fresh beer, the rarer the better. Fans tailgated delivery trucks carrying IPAs from Lawson’s Finest

I’ve always been fascinated by towns built around the idea of health through consuming and soaking in waters like Saratoga Springs, New York, and @visithotsprings, where I took a little press trip last week.

Hot Springs is basically a nationa

Scenes from the last few weeks o’ Columbus, Ohio, living. I collaborated with @derivebeer on a fundraising beer for my daughter’s middle school! I won a chili cook-off! Re-potted plants! Drank some solid @hoofheartedbrewing IPAs! Headless

I began covering craft beer for @imbibe in 2006, for the magazine’s second issue, enjoying a bar seat to a bewildering boom. That year, according to the Brewers Association, 1,460 breweries operated in America; by 2024, that number soared to 9,

Winters are cold and long in the Midwest. Why not escape to Tucson, Arizona, to visit friends you’ve known for just about 30 years. Tacos, bike rides, cold beers, cacti, dive bars, great breweries, warmth in every sense of the word. All in all,

If there’s one thing to know about me, I’m a die-hard fan of happy hours and a good deal. $2 hot dogs and $4 beers till 6pm? I’ll be there when the doors open.

Brewery taprooms rarely had to entice drinkers with deals, though. Fre

Oh man, it’s been a couple weeks in the world, huh? Everything can feel so very overwhelming. One antidote: bring a little joy into the world by bringing folks together. Community organizing can take so many forms, so I choose to encourage a li