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Why This Might Be Hard Cider’s Moment | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 8/30/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 8/30/24

Why This Might Be Hard Cider’s Moment | Imbibe Magazine

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High Hopes: How Breweries Are Tackling the THC Opportunity | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 5/28/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 5/28/24

High Hopes: How Breweries Are Tackling the THC Opportunity | Imbibe Magazine

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Take It Easy: How Breweries Are Simplifying Things for Success | Imbibe

Joshua M. Bernstein 3/19/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 3/19/24

Take It Easy: How Breweries Are Simplifying Things for Success | Imbibe

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What Happens When Craft Breweries Return to Their Roots? | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 11/1/23 Joshua M. Bernstein 11/1/23

What Happens When Craft Breweries Return to Their Roots? | Imbibe Magazine

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How Breweries Are Creating Space for Drag Performers | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 8/3/23 Joshua M. Bernstein 8/3/23

How Breweries Are Creating Space for Drag Performers | Imbibe Magazine

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Fighting Spirit: How Breweries Are Bridging Beer and Cocktails | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 3/6/23 Joshua M. Bernstein 3/6/23

Fighting Spirit: How Breweries Are Bridging Beer and Cocktails | Imbibe Magazine

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Imbibe 75: 2022 Edition | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 1/5/22 Joshua M. Bernstein 1/5/22

Imbibe 75: 2022 Edition | Imbibe Magazine

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Go With the Grain: Craft Malting in America | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 11/3/21 Joshua M. Bernstein 11/3/21

Go With the Grain: Craft Malting in America | Imbibe Magazine

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Cold Moves: Why Craft Breweries Are Exploring Lagers | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 9/8/21 Joshua M. Bernstein 9/8/21

Cold Moves: Why Craft Breweries Are Exploring Lagers | Imbibe Magazine

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Survival Tactics: How Breweries Persevered to Open During the Pandemic | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 7/26/21 Joshua M. Bernstein 7/26/21

Survival Tactics: How Breweries Persevered to Open During the Pandemic | Imbibe Magazine

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Hot dog dad returns! Scenes from a busy ol’ week including chaperoning a middle-school dance, Halloween everything, a successfully built winter home for succulents, fall bike rides, plenty of @sierranevada Celebration (the very best fall season

Last month, I traveled to Yakima, Washington, during the height of hop harvest to report a story I've been itching to write for years: the intersection of tacos and hop harvest.

Historically, hop farms relied on a largely Mexican migrant workforce

That thumbs-up feeling when you win 19 cents at the Harrah’s casino in Atlantic City! Been, uh, a pretty packed last week with traveling to New Jersey to speak about the rise of flavors in beer @flavorconf and then adventuring around Atlantic C

Scenes from the last few weeks o’ Columbus living, including wooly mammoth corn mazes, the very best apple name ever, recent favorite Ohio beers (A+ location @understory_cbus, the best cortado @foxinthesnowcafe, standout Sichuan @chilispotcolum

Phew, finally crawling out from a pile of writing work and the general kaleidoscope of craziness that is freelancing in 2024. Then I realized I should pretty tell people that I have not just been puttering in my backyard, propagating succulents. Whic

In the late summer, the Pacific Northwest hop harvest is a marvel of agriculture and engineering as workers toil for weeks straight to harvest and process hops at peak ripeness. It’s pretty dang magical to be out in the fields and watch the pro

Scenes from a pretty busy pants Labor Day weekend in Columbus. There was an OSU football game! IPAs @hoofheartedbrewing_5thave! Cherry-dipped Dairy Queen cones! Hand-pulled noodles! And, uh, a rave? And chickens? And really good @baumanscider. And I

Over the last couple of decades, I watched as craft breweries reworked the IPA to create geographic distinctions. West Coast IPAs, East Coast IPAs, New England IPAs, Midwest IPAs and more.

Of late, I've seen breweries create crisp pilsners calling

After a crazy last month o’ moving, we decided to take a much-needed beach vacation to coastal Delaware, hunkering down in Dewey Beach and drinking all the crushes—a local specialty o’ crushed fruit + vodka and sparkly, sugary liqui

Oh man, it has been such a crazy last month that, uh, I’ve forgotten to tell folks that I’ve been writing a ton of stories.

For @craftbeerdotcom (1) I tackled the eternal question: How did *those* chairs become the taproom default?

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