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Reduce, Reuse, Consume: Why Breweries Are Turning to Second-Use Fruit | Men’s Journal

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

Reduce, Reuse, Consume: Why Breweries Are Turning to Second-Use Fruit | Men’s Journal

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Sweet Relief: How Breweries and Distilleries Are Helping Honeybees | Imbibe Magazine

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

Sweet Relief: How Breweries and Distilleries Are Helping Honeybees | Imbibe Magazine

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Beer Trends for 2021 | SevenFifty Daily

Joshua M. Bernstein 1/21/21 Joshua M. Bernstein 1/21/21

Beer Trends for 2021 | SevenFifty Daily

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Welcome to the World of Low, Low, Low-Alcohol Beer | InsideHook

Joshua M. Bernstein 1/21/21 Joshua M. Bernstein 1/21/21

Welcome to the World of Low, Low, Low-Alcohol Beer | InsideHook

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Meet Edgar Preciado of Beer Thug Life | Imbibe Magazine

Joshua M. Bernstein 1/21/21 Joshua M. Bernstein 1/21/21

Meet Edgar Preciado of Beer Thug Life | Imbibe Magazine

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Why Pastry Beers Are Taking Over | The New York Times

Joshua M. Bernstein 1/21/21 Joshua M. Bernstein 1/21/21

Why Pastry Beers Are Taking Over | The New York Times

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The Click Economy: How Breweries Are Utilizing Online Sales | First Key Consulting

Joshua M. Bernstein 11/12/20 Joshua M. Bernstein 11/12/20

The Click Economy: How Breweries Are Utilizing Online Sales | First Key Consulting

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The Battle for Hard Tea Is Starting to Get Steep | October

Joshua M. Bernstein 11/9/20 Joshua M. Bernstein 11/9/20

The Battle for Hard Tea Is Starting to Get Steep | October

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Cutting Through the Haze: Standing Out in a Packed IPA World | VinePair

Joshua M. Bernstein 11/9/20 Joshua M. Bernstein 11/9/20

Cutting Through the Haze: Standing Out in a Packed IPA World | VinePair

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How the Salted Nut Roll Became the Beer Industry's Unofficial Candy Bar | VinePair

Joshua M. Bernstein 11/9/20 Joshua M. Bernstein 11/9/20

How the Salted Nut Roll Became the Beer Industry's Unofficial Candy Bar | VinePair

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Before November disappears, a few highlights from the last few weeks: Violet turned 12 and we celebrated with a dozen donuts! I rode in the local Cranksgiving food drive! And bought smoked turkeys for our 17-person Thanksgiving from a BBQ truck in a

During craft beer’s 2010s heyday, breweries created objects of dark desire by redoubling stouts’ ABVs, adding cocoa nibs and coconut to evoke liquefied candy bars, and aging the roasty beers in bourbon barrels. Creative extravagances led

Post-Halloween post for posterity and proof of life to show that, yet again, I dressed up like a hot dog for, like, the seventh year in a row. Best per-wear purchase o’ my life. Also: I stood on a street corner with strangers turned friends and

Halloween hellscape roundup from morning walks around the neighborhood at, oh, 730am. Halloween: the very best season. It’s nearly time to dust off the hot dog costume. #halloween

It’s amazing what you can fit into two days in New York City when you put your mind to it. And don’t sleep. Scenes from a fast 48 hours in NYC for @covertcocktailclub’a wedding, including human pony rides, plenty of dumplings, visit

Now that we’re livin’ in Columbus, we’re trying to take advantage of being within a three-hour drive of a ton of cities we rarely got the chance to explore. Which meant 36 hours in Pittsburgh last weekend with old friends.

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Over the last year or so, I've been watching the emergence of the "mid-strength" category of beers that deliver big flavor while minimizing alcohol. The beers, which include pilsners, radlers and IPAs alike, typically weigh in around 2 to 3

End o’ summer photo dump incoming! Scenes from the last few weeks o’ Columbus living, including an OSU football game, foraging for paw paws, Teen Beat and wrestling magazine dumpster scores, the world’s greatest restaurant sign, str

Last September, Hurricane Helene marked the second calamity to befall Asheville, North Carolina's brewing and hospitality industry in the last five years. The pandemic forced breweries into survival mode, pivoting to stay in business while staying at

Scenes from a swinging last few weeks of summer. There was 🤡 ice cream. Excellent Ethiopian food. Terrifying alley finds. Fun drinks! A trip to Dayton, Ohio, for a Guided By Voices fan convention and staggering amounts of Miller Lite. And live-band