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Fizzed Out? Nah. Why Breweries Are Still Launching Hard Seltzers | VinePair

Joshua M. Bernstein 12/2/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 12/2/24

Fizzed Out? Nah. Why Breweries Are Still Launching Hard Seltzers | VinePair

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Hot Stuff: How Breweries Are Turning Up the Temperature on Winter Beer | Imbibe

Joshua M. Bernstein 11/13/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 11/13/24

Hot Stuff: How Breweries Are Turning Up the Temperature on Winter Beer | Imbibe

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Pass Me a Mountain IPA: The New IPA Sub-styles to Know | VinePair

Joshua M. Bernstein 11/1/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 11/1/24

Pass Me a Mountain IPA: The New IPA Sub-styles to Know | VinePair

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Hops With a Side of Tacos: Harvest in the Yakima Valley | CraftBeer.com

Joshua M. Bernstein 10/28/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 10/28/24

Hops With a Side of Tacos: Harvest in the Yakima Valley | CraftBeer.com

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The New Summer Beer Cooler | The Wall Street Journal

Joshua M. Bernstein 9/8/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 9/8/24

The New Summer Beer Cooler | The Wall Street Journal

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The Evolution of Oktoberfest | The Wall Street Journal

Joshua M. Bernstein 9/8/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 9/8/24

The Evolution of Oktoberfest | The Wall Street Journal

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A Convenient Approach: How Breweries Are Building Brands in Convenience Stores | First Key Consulting

Joshua M. Bernstein 9/8/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 9/8/24

A Convenient Approach: How Breweries Are Building Brands in Convenience Stores | First Key Consulting

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Beer Tours Are Getting Better | The Wall Street Journal

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

Beer Tours Are Getting Better | The Wall Street Journal

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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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Pilsners Gone Global | The Wall Street Journal

Joshua M. Bernstein 8/27/24 Joshua M. Bernstein 8/27/24

Pilsners Gone Global | The Wall Street Journal

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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.

A little December photo dump filled with all the weird Christmas decorations, concerts, matzo ball soup, solstice fires and a few great beers over the last month. Plus Prince as you’ve likely never seen him. Hope everyone is hanging tough this

As a writer, finding negative narratives in craft beer is a breeze. Sales are declining. Closures are climbing. Let’s blame all those IPAs! Or Gen Z! Or THC!

Instead of focusing on deflating news, though, @vinepair asked me to do another editi

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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

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