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So You Bought a Fixer-Upper | Columbus Monthly

Features Joshua M. Bernstein 4/24/26 Features Joshua M. Bernstein 4/24/26

So You Bought a Fixer-Upper | Columbus Monthly

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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

Do I just come up with event ideas to wear a hot dog costume? Uh, yes.

After writing a VinePair article about breweries running meat raffles, I was like, I want to run a meat raffle too! Because right now, the world needs a bit more fun and communi

Each year for @sevenfiftydaily, I canvas brewing industry stakeholders to create a comprehensive road map for the coming year in beer. More than ever, a cloud of negativity covers an industry roiled by erratic tariffs, spiking costs, declining consum

Live, Laugh, Love in the dive-bar bathroom @uncleleoscincy? Why not. I’ll take a little positivity just about anywhere this year. Here’s to flushing away 2025. And into the future we go! Happy New Year, indeed.